Vocabulary: 第十七回 双手互搏
from 射雕英雄传（二）
- 老子x1 | Chapter Rank #1796father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi
- 道德经x1 | Chapter Rank #1797the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
- 蜒x1 | Chapter Rank #1798slug; used in 蜿蜒[wan1 yan2]
- 植x1 | Chapter Rank #1799to plant
- 以为x3 | Chapter Rank #651to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 器x2 | Chapter Rank #963device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 其x7 | Chapter Rank #256his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 元x2 | Chapter Rank #964currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eonsurname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- 之用x2 | Chapter Rank #965
- 凿x1 | Chapter Rank #1800(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuo4]
- 户牖x1 | Chapter Rank #1801door and window; the home
- 室x2 | Chapter Rank #966surname Shiroom; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- 顺手x3 | Chapter Rank #652as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; smooth; easy; without difficulty
- 饭x3 | Chapter Rank #653cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- 饭碗x1 | Chapter Rank #1802rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living
- 碗x2 | Chapter Rank #967bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- 因为x3 | Chapter Rank #654because; owing to; on account of
- 盛饭x1 | Chapter Rank #1803to fill a bowl with rice
- 功用x1 | Chapter Rank #1804function
- 它x1 | Chapter Rank #1805itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 实心x2 | Chapter Rank #968sincere; solid
- 一块x2 | Chapter Rank #969a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
- 瓷土x1 | Chapter Rank #1806
- 点点头x1 | Chapter Rank #1807
- 说来x1 | Chapter Rank #1808
- 浅x3 | Chapter Rank #655shallow; light (color)sound of moving water
- 从未x3 | Chapter Rank #656never
- 建造x1 | Chapter Rank #1809to construct; to build
- 房屋x2 | Chapter Rank #970house; building; CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]
- 开设x1 | Chapter Rank #1810to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc)
- 门窗x2 | Chapter Rank #971
- 四壁x1 | Chapter Rank #1811
- 空隙x1 | Chapter Rank #1812crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events
- 房子x1 | Chapter Rank #1813house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- 住x3 | Chapter Rank #657to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- 有空x1 | Chapter Rank #1814to have time (to do sth)
- 砖头x1 | Chapter Rank #1815brick
- 木材x1 | Chapter Rank #1816wood
- 四四方方x1 | Chapter Rank #1817
- 砌x1 | Chapter Rank #1818used in 砌末[qie4 mo5]to build by laying bricks or stones
- 一大堆x1 | Chapter Rank #1819
- 用处x1 | Chapter Rank #1820usefulness; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 有所x1 | Chapter Rank #1821somewhat; to some extent
- 要旨x3 | Chapter Rank #658the gist (of a text or argument); the main points
- 柔x3 | Chapter Rank #659soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
- 二x8 | Chapter Rank #213two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 所谓x1 | Chapter Rank #1822what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- 大成x1 | Chapter Rank #1823
- 缺x1 | Chapter Rank #1824deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- 弊x1 | Chapter Rank #1825detriment; fraud; harm; defeat