Vocabulary: 第十三章
from 许三观卖血记
- 我家x1 | Chapter Rank #270
- 冷笑x2 | Chapter Rank #133to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- 女人x13 | Chapter Rank #19womanwife
- 很多x2 | Chapter Rank #134
- 坏事x1 | Chapter Rank #271bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
- 今世x1 | Chapter Rank #272this life; this age
- 报应x1 | Chapter Rank #273(Buddhism) divine retribution; karma
- 生x3 | Chapter Rank #87to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 只能x1 | Chapter Rank #274can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 女儿x3 | Chapter Rank #88daughter
- 养x1 | Chapter Rank #275to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- 大x1 | Chapter Rank #276big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 传x1 | Chapter Rank #277to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
- 香火x2 | Chapter Rank #135incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks
- 断掉x1 | Chapter Rank #278
- 一步x1 | Chapter Rank #279
- 拍x1 | Chapter Rank #280to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- 大腿x1 | Chapter Rank #281thigh
- 死不要脸x1 | Chapter Rank #282to know no shame; to be totally shameless
- 种x2 | Chapter Rank #136seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 神气活现x1 | Chapter Rank #283arrogant appearance; smug appearance; to act condescending; to put on airs
- 一口气x1 | Chapter Rank #284one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
- 下x1 | Chapter Rank #285down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 三个x2 | Chapter Rank #137
- 当然x1 | Chapter Rank #286only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 神气x2 | Chapter Rank #138expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- 不是x1 | Chapter Rank #287no; is not; notfault; blame
- 两x2 | Chapter Rank #139two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 不见得x1 | Chapter Rank #288not necessarily; not likely
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #140only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 下贱x2 | Chapter Rank #141humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible
- 几个x1 | Chapter Rank #289a few; several; how many
- 男人x1 | Chapter Rank #290a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 看看x1 | Chapter Rank #291to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 裤裆x4 | Chapter Rank #59crotch of trousers
- 夹x3 | Chapter Rank #89to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
- 百货店x2 | Chapter Rank #142bazaar; department store; general store
- 能x1 | Chapter Rank #292can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 进x1 | Chapter Rank #293to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 公共厕所x1 | Chapter Rank #294
- 快x2 | Chapter Rank #143rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 你的x4 | Chapter Rank #60
- 拉回来x2 | Chapter Rank #144
- 越x2 | Chapter Rank #145generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 下流x1 | Chapter Rank #295lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene
- 脸x1 | Chapter Rank #296face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 尽x1 | Chapter Rank #297to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority toto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 打x1 | Chapter Rank #298(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 揪x1 | Chapter Rank #299to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
- 吐x1 | Chapter Rank #300to vomit; to throw upto spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)