Vocabulary
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| 远东 遠東 | Far East (loanword) | Proper Noun |
| 元好问 元好問 | Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition | Proper Noun |
| 北宋 北宋 | the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) | Proper Noun |
| 上水 上水 | Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 四书 四書 | Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 | Proper Noun |
| 后汉 後漢 | Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 说起来 說起來 | Say | |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 哪知道 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 贵人 貴人 | nobility; person of high rank | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 太后 太后 | Empress Dowager | |
| 太医 太醫 | imperial physician | |
| 贵妃 貴妃 | senior concubine; imperial consort | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 一点 一點 | a 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 dia | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 欢 歡 | happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 喜 喜 | like, love, enjoy; joyful thing | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of |