On Liberty — Page 7

Vocabulary

与

yǔ — And; together with; used to connect nouns.

她

tā — She; her; third-person singular feminine pronoun.

的

de — Possessive or descriptive particle; modifies nouns.

女儿

nǚ'ér — Daughter; a parent's female child.

住

zhù — To live; to reside; to stay somewhere.

在

zài — At; in; on; indicates location or existence.

乡间

xiāngjiān — In the countryside; rural area; village surroundings.

一处

yī chù — One place; a certain location or spot.

寓所

yùsuǒ — Residence; dwelling place; a place one lives.

但

dàn — But; however; introduces a contrasting clause.

年

nián — Year; unit of time measurement.

丈夫

zhàngfu — Husband; a woman's male spouse.

去世

qùshì — To pass away; to die; used respectfully.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.

此后

cǐhòu — After this; from then on; subsequently.

便

biàn — Then; thereupon; immediately afterward.

娶

qǔ — To marry (a woman); to take as wife.

为

wéi — To be; to become; as; serves as.

妻

qī — Wife; a man's female spouse.

关于

guānyú — Regarding; concerning; about a topic.

才德

cáidé — Talent and virtue; ability combined with moral character.

各方

gè fāng — All sides; various parties; different perspectives.

看法

kànfǎ — View; opinion; way of looking at something.

大相径庭

dà xiāng jìng tíng — Vastly different; poles apart; completely divergent views.

所有人

suǒyǒu rén — Everyone; all people; every person involved.

都

dōu — All; both; every; indicates totality.

一致

yīzhì — Unanimous; consistent; in agreement with each other.

认为

rènwéi — To think; to believe; to consider something true.

直至

zhízhì — Until; right up to; all the way to.

于

yú — At; in; on; classical preposition of time/place.

为止

wéizhǐ — Until; up to; marks the endpoint of a period.

对

duì — For; toward; with regard to someone.

朋友们

péngyǒumen — Friends; plural form of friend.

而言

éryán — As far as ... is concerned; speaking from perspective.

几乎

jīhū — Almost; nearly; practically the same as.

已

yǐ — Already; by now; indicates completed state.

形同陌路

xíng tóng mò lù — Treat each other like strangers; become estranged.

是

shì — To be; is; am; are; linking verb.

弟弟

dìdi — Younger brother; a male sibling younger than oneself.

之一

zhī yī — One of; among; indicates membership in a group.

他

tā — He; him; third-person singular masculine pronoun.

一位

yī wèi — One (person); a polite measure word for people.

聪慧

cōnghuì — Intelligent and wise; clever; mentally sharp.

出众

chūzhòng — Outstanding; standing out from the crowd; exceptional.

女性

nǚxìng — Female; woman; the female gender.

远不及

yuǎn bù jí — Far from reaching; nowhere near as good as.

所

suǒ — Particle used before verbs to nominalize actions.

那般

nà bān — Like that; in that manner; to that degree.

了不起

liǎobuqǐ — Remarkable; extraordinary; amazing; very impressive.

其

qí — His; her; its; their; classical possessive pronoun.

回忆录

huíyìlù — Memoir; autobiographical record of personal memories.

中

zhōng — In; inside; within; middle.

以

yǐ — With; using; by means of something.

模糊

móhu — Vague; blurry; unclear; indistinct.

措辞

cuòcí — Wording; phrasing; choice of words in expression.

描述

miáoshù — To describe; to depict; verbal or written portrayal.

生动

shēngdòng — Vivid; lively; full of life and expression.

光彩夺目

guāngcǎi duómù — Dazzling; brilliantly radiant; strikingly eye-catching.

面色苍白

miànsè cāngbái — Pale-faced; having a pallid complexion; looking wan.

热情洋溢

rèqíng yángyì — Brimming with enthusiasm; overflowing with warm passion.

而又

ér yòu — And yet also; but at the same time.

神情忧郁

shénqíng yōuyù — Having a melancholy expression; looking gloomy and pensive.

宛如

wǎnrú — Just like; as if; resembling closely.

意志坚定

yìzhì jiāndìng — Strong-willed; resolute; having firm determination.

命运叵测

mìngyùn pǒcè — Unpredictable fate; uncertain destiny; fortunes hard to foresee.

保王派

bǎo wáng pài — Royalist faction; those who support a monarchy.

传奇

chuánqí — Legend; legendary; romantic and extraordinary story.

女主角

nǚ zhǔjué — Female protagonist; heroine; leading female character.

这样

zhèyàng — Like this; such; in this way or manner.

评语

píngyǔ — Comment; remark; written or spoken evaluation.

实难

shí nán — Truly difficult; genuinely hard to do.

从中

cóng zhōng — From this; out of it; from within something.

得出

déchū — To draw (a conclusion); to arrive at a result.

多少

duōshao — How much; how many; some amount of.

结论

jiélùn — Conclusion; final judgement reached after reasoning.

当

dāng — When; at the time that; while something happens.

我们

wǒmen — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.

发现

fāxiàn — To discover; to find out; to realize something.

夫人

fūren — Madam; Mrs.; a respectful title for a married woman.

曾

céng — Once; formerly; at some point in the past.

某个

mǒu gè — A certain; some particular; an unspecified one.

场合

chǎnghé — Occasion; situation; a particular social context.

说

shuō — To say; to speak; to tell someone something.

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates subject receives the action.

是个

shì gè — Is a; is one; identifies someone as something.

危险

wēixiǎn — Dangerous; risky; posing a threat or hazard.

人物

rénwù — Person; figure; character of note or importance.

而

ér — And; but; yet; connects contrasting or sequential clauses.

补充

bǔchōng — To add; to supplement; to provide additional information.

道

dào — To say; to express; used after verbs of speech.

比

bǐ — Compared to; than; used in comparisons.

更

gèng — Even more; still more; to a greater degree.

糟糕

zāogāo — Terrible; awful; bad; things have gone wrong.

爱

ài — To love; to like; fond of doing something.

摆出

bǎichū — To assume; to display; to adopt a posture.

一副

yī fù — A (look/expression); measure word for facial expressions.

居高临下

jū gāo lín xià — Condescending; looking down from above; superior attitude.

姿态

zītài — Posture; attitude; stance; way of holding oneself.

站在

zhàn zài — Standing at; positioned at a place or standpoint.

更为

gèng wéi — Even more; still more so; to a greater extent.

确实

quèshí — Indeed; truly; certainly; used to affirm something.

立场

lìchǎng — Standpoint; position; one's stance on an issue.

上

shàng — On; above; up; on top of something.

夫妇

fūfù — Husband and wife; a married couple.

密切

mìqiē — Close; intimate; having a tight relationship.

接触

jiēchù — Contact; interaction; to come into touch with.

那段

nà duàn — That period; that segment of time or experience.

经历

jīnglì — Experience; to go through; events one has lived.

广为人知

guǎng wéi rén zhī — Widely known; famous; known by many people.

法国大革命

Fǎguó Dà Gémìng — The French Revolution; major political upheaval in France.

第一卷

dì yī juǎn — Volume one; the first volume of a multi-part work.

手稿

shǒugǎo — Manuscript; handwritten draft of a document.

借给

jiè gěi — To lend to; to give something as a loan.

却

què — But; yet; however; indicates an unexpected contrast.

仆人

púrén — Servant; domestic helper; one who serves a household.

不慎

bù shèn — Carelessly; accidentally; without due caution.

焚毁

fénhuǐ — To burn and destroy; to incinerate completely.

驱车

qū chē — To drive over; to travel by vehicle to a place.

来到

láidào — To arrive at; to come to a place.

家

jiā — Home; house; family; one's dwelling place.

门前

mén qián — In front of the door; at the entrance.

妻子

qīzi — Wife; a man's female spouse.

哑口无言

yǎkǒu wúyán — Speechless; struck dumb; unable to say anything.

滔滔不绝

tāotāo bùjué — Talking endlessly; speaking in a continuous stream.

拼命

pīnmìng — With all one's might; desperately; going all out.

话语

huàyǔ — Words; speech; what someone says.

挽留

wǎnliú — To urge to stay; to persuade someone not to leave.

长达

chángdá — Lasting as long as; reaching a duration of.

两个

liǎng gè — Two; a pair of; measure word for two items.

小时

xiǎoshí — Hour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes.

博士

bóshì — Doctor; PhD; the highest academic degree holder.