Vocabulary: 第三十七回 从天而降
from 射雕英雄传（四）
- 第x1 | Chapter Rank #1457(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 三十七x1 | Chapter Rank #1458
- 回x7 | Chapter Rank #248to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or timesHui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)to curve; to return; to revolve
- 从天而降x2 | Chapter Rank #844(idiom) to fall from the sky; (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
- 这x103 | Chapter Rank #12(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 一日x5 | Chapter Rank #356
- 郭x135 | Chapter Rank #10outer city wallsurname Guo
- 靖x137 | Chapter Rank #9(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppresssurname Jing
- 驻军x1 | Chapter Rank #1459to station or garrison troops; garrison
- 那x44 | Chapter Rank #39surname Nuosurname Na(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 密x3 | Chapter Rank #576surname Mi; name of an ancient statedense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- 河畔x1 | Chapter Rank #1460riverside; river plain
- 晚间x1 | Chapter Rank #1461evening; night
- 正在x2 | Chapter Rank #845to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 帐x44 | Chapter Rank #40(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy
- 中x72 | Chapter Rank #19(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 研读x1 | Chapter Rank #1462to study attentively (a book); to delve into
- 兵书x2 | Chapter Rank #846a book on the art of war
- 忽x12 | Chapter Rank #130to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenlysurname Hu
- 听x34 | Chapter Rank #47smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 外x10 | Chapter Rank #169outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 喀x4 | Chapter Rank #434(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
- 的x176 | Chapter Rank #5of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs(bound form) bull's-eye; targetreally and trulya taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
- 一声x10 | Chapter Rank #170first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- 轻x7 | Chapter Rank #249light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 响x2 | Chapter Rank #847echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
- 门x5 | Chapter Rank #357gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)surname Men
- 掀x1 | Chapter Rank #1463to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
- 处x11 | Chapter Rank #148(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, pointto reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- 一x123 | Chapter Rank #11one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 人x86 | Chapter Rank #14person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 钻x4 | Chapter Rank #435to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gaindrill; auger; diamond
- 了x199 | Chapter Rank #1(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 进来x3 | Chapter Rank #577to come in
- 前x7 | Chapter Rank #250front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 卫兵x2 | Chapter Rank #848guard; bodyguard
- 上前x2 | Chapter Rank #849to advance; to step forward
- 喝x4 | Chapter Rank #436to shoutto drink
- 止x2 | Chapter Rank #850to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- 被x16 | Chapter Rank #97quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 手臂x2 | Chapter Rank #851arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- 挥x2 | Chapter Rank #852to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
- 一点x2 | Chapter Rank #853a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 倒x10 | Chapter Rank #171to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yetto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 在x166 | Chapter Rank #6to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 地x12 | Chapter Rank #131earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 抬头x4 | Chapter Rank #437to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth; (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
- 而x28 | Chapter Rank #56and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 笑x24 | Chapter Rank #65to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 烛光x1 | Chapter Rank #1464candlelight; candlelit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)