Vocabulary: 第一章 青云
from 诛仙
- 独占鳌头x1 | Chapter Rank #483(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
- 连x1 | Chapter Rank #484surname Lianto link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- 只能x1 | Chapter Rank #485can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 凭借x1 | Chapter Rank #486to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on
- 深厚x1 | Chapter Rank #487deep; profound
- 修行x1 | Chapter Rank #488to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
- 与x2 | Chapter Rank #162to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 勉强x1 | Chapter Rank #489to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- 打x1 | Chapter Rank #490(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")
- 平手x1 | Chapter Rank #491(sports) draw; tie
- 又惊又喜x1 | Chapter Rank #492
- 断然x1 | Chapter Rank #493resolute; definitive; categorically; absolutely
- 拿出x1 | Chapter Rank #494to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- 自行x1 | Chapter Rank #495voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- 参详x1 | Chapter Rank #496to collate and examine critically (texts etc)
- 就此x1 | Chapter Rank #497at this point; thus; from then on
- 后山x2 | Chapter Rank #163
- 幻x2 | Chapter Rank #164fantasy
- 月x3 | Chapter Rank #99moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 闭关x1 | Chapter Rank #498to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
- 这一关x1 | Chapter Rank #499
- 十三x1 | Chapter Rank #500thirteen; 13
- 破关x1 | Chapter Rank #501to solve or overcome (a difficult problem); to beat (a video game)
- 之时x1 | Chapter Rank #502
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #503is precisely
- 圆x1 | Chapter Rank #504circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- 夜x2 | Chapter Rank #165night
- 冷月x1 | Chapter Rank #505
- 高悬x1 | Chapter Rank #506
- 整座x1 | Chapter Rank #507
- 白昼x1 | Chapter Rank #508daytime
- 一般x1 | Chapter Rank #509same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 忽而x1 | Chapter Rank #510suddenly; now (..., now...)
- 狂风x1 | Chapter Rank #511gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology)
- 大作x1 | Chapter Rank #512your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- 龙吟x1 | Chapter Rank #513
- 长啸x1 | Chapter Rank #514
- 声x1 | Chapter Rank #515sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 震x2 | Chapter Rank #166to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 听者x1 | Chapter Rank #516listener; member of audience
- 无不x1 | Chapter Rank #517none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- 变色x1 | Chapter Rank #518to change color; to discolor; to change countenance; to become angry
- 淡紫x1 | Chapter Rank #519
- 祥光x1 | Chapter Rank #520auspicious light
- 冲天x1 | Chapter Rank #521(lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
- 起x2 | Chapter Rank #167to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 一声x4 | Chapter Rank #69first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- 巨响x1 | Chapter Rank #522loud sound
- 洞府x1 | Chapter Rank #523cave dwelling; legendary abode of immortals
- 豁然x1 | Chapter Rank #524wide and open; a flash of understanding