Spoon River Anthology — Page 9

Vocabulary

法官

fǎguān — Judge; official who presides over court cases.

告诉

gàosu — To tell; to inform someone of something.

我

wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.

这

zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby.

是

shì — Is; to be; linking verb indicating identity or state.

怎么

zěnme — How; in what way; asking about manner or reason.

回事

huíshì — What is going on; the matter or situation at hand.

曾

céng — Once; formerly; indicating something happened in the past.

最

zuì — Most; superlative adverb indicating the highest degree.

博学

bóxué — Erudite; having extensive knowledge across many fields.

的

de — Structural particle linking modifier to noun.

律师

lǜshī — Lawyer; attorney; a person practicing law professionally.

几乎

jīhū — Almost; nearly; very close to a certain degree.

能

néng — Can; able to; expressing capability or possibility.

将

jiāng — To take; used before object in certain constructions.

和

hé — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses together.

倒背如流

dào bèi rú liú — Recite backwards fluently; know something extremely thoroughly.

发表

fābiǎo — To deliver; to publish or present formally to an audience.

过

guò — Experiential particle indicating a past experience.

精彩

jīngcǎi — Brilliant; splendid; outstandingly impressive or wonderful.

演讲

yǎnjiǎng — Speech; public lecture delivered formally to an audience.

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.

法院

fǎyuàn — Court; judicial institution where legal cases are heard.

有史以来

yǒu shǐ yǐlái — Since the beginning of history; ever recorded in history.

听

tīng — To listen; to hear something with attention.

伟大

wěidà — Great; magnificent; of remarkable importance or achievement.

还

hái — Also; still; in addition; furthermore.

写

xiě — To write; to compose text or documents.

一

yī — One; the numeral one; also used before measure words.

份

fèn — Measure word for documents, portions, or copies.

赢得

yíngdé — To win; to earn praise, victory, or recognition.

赞誉

zànyù — Praise; high commendation given to someone's achievement.

案情

ànqíng — Case details; the facts and circumstances of a legal case.

摘要

zhāiyào — Summary; a brief abstract of a document or case.

竟

jìng — Actually; unexpectedly; indicating surprise at an outcome.

躺

tǎng — To lie down; to recline horizontally on a surface.

在

zài — At; in; on; preposition indicating location or existence.

这里

zhèlǐ — Here; this place; referring to the immediate location.

无人知晓

wú rén zhī xiǎo — Unknown to anyone; no one is aware of it.

被人

bèi rén — By people; passive construction indicating action by others.

遗忘

yíwàng — To be forgotten; to fade from memory or recognition.

而

ér — And yet; but; conjunction showing contrast or continuation.

镇上

zhèn shàng — In town; referring to the local town or village.

醉鬼

zuìguǐ — Drunkard; a person habitually or frequently intoxicated.

却

què — Yet; but; however; indicating contrast or unexpectedness.

有

yǒu — To have; there is/are; expressing possession or existence.

一块

yī kuài — One piece; one block; measure word for solid objects.

大理石

dàlǐshí — Marble; a hard crystalline metamorphic rock for monuments.

墓碑

mùbēi — Tombstone; gravestone; a stone marker at a burial site.

上面

shàngmiàn — On top; above; the upper surface of something.

立

lì — To stand; to erect; to place something upright.

着

zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing state or action.

一只

yī zhī — One piece; measure word for certain objects or animals.

骨灰瓮

gǔhuī wèng — Funeral urn; container holding cremated ashes of deceased.

大自然

dà zìrán — Nature; the natural world including plants, animals, landscape.

以

yǐ — With; using; by means of a certain method or mood.

一种

yī zhǒng — A kind of; one type of; a certain sort.

讽刺

fěngcì — Irony; satire; mocking something through indirect expression.

心情

xīnqíng — Mood; state of mind; emotional feeling at a given moment.

其中

qízhōng — Among them; within it; in the midst of something.

播下

bō xià — To sow; to plant seeds into the ground.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or change of state.

一株

yī zhū — One plant; measure word for plants or stalks.

开花

kāihuā — To bloom; to blossom; flowers opening on a plant.

野草

yěcǎo — Wild grass; weeds; uncultivated plants growing freely.

请

qǐng — Please; to request; polite imperative particle.

注意

zhùyì — Pay attention; to notice; to be aware of something.

银行

yínháng — Bank; financial institution for depositing and lending money.

行长

háng zhǎng — Bank president; the head director of a bank.

编辑

biānjí — Editor; person who edits publications or written content.

牧师

mùshī — Pastor; minister; Christian clergy leader of a congregation.

主要

zhǔyào — Main; primary; most important among several things.

教堂

jiàotáng — Church; a Christian place of worship and religious gathering.

多次

duō cì — Many times; repeatedly; on multiple occasions.

担任

dānrèn — To serve as; to hold a position or office.

镇长

zhèn zhǎng — Town mayor; the head official of a small town.

最后

zuìhòu — Finally; lastly; at the very end of a sequence.

还有

hái yǒu — And also; furthermore; there is also something more.

你们

nǐmen — You all; second-person plural pronoun.

所有

suǒyǒu — All; every; the entirety of a group or collection.

人

rén — Person; people; human being.

社会

shèhuì — Society; the community of people living together organized.

纯洁

chúnjié — Pure; chaste; morally clean and free from corruption.

俱乐部

jùlèbù — Club; an organization for people sharing common interests.

成员

chéngyuán — Member; a person who belongs to a group or organization.

们

men — Plural suffix added to pronouns or nouns indicating groups.

临终

línzhōng — Dying; at the moment of death; final moments of life.

之言

zhī yán — Words of; the utterance or statement of someone.

他

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

与

yǔ — With; and; together with someone or something.

英勇

yīngyǒng — Brave; heroic; showing great courage in difficult situations.

残余

cányú — Remnant; the remaining portion left after losses or defeat.

并肩而立

bìng jiān ér lì — Stand shoulder to shoulder; stand together in solidarity.

禁卫军

jìnwèi jūn — Imperial Guard; elite soldiers protecting a ruler or emperor.

站

zhàn — To stand; to be positioned upright at a location.

上

shàng — On; above; on top of a surface or location.

战场

zhànchǎng — Battlefield; the location where a military battle is fought.

之上

zhī shàng — Above; on top of; at a higher position than something.

当

dāng — When; at the time that a certain event occurs.

英国人

Yīngguó rén — British person; a person from England or the UK.

向

xiàng — Toward; in the direction of; facing something or someone.

他们

tāmen — They; them; third-person plural pronoun.

喊道

hǎn dào — Shouted; called out loudly to someone.

投降

tóuxiáng — To surrender; to give up fighting and yield to an enemy.

吧

ba — Particle suggesting a command, suggestion, or supposition.

勇敢

yǒnggǎn — Brave; courageous; showing no fear in difficult situations.

法国人

Fǎguó rén — French person; a person from France.

彼时

bǐ shí — At that time; referring to a specific past moment.

日暮

rìmù — Dusk; the time when the sun sets and day ends.

时分

shífēn — Time; a particular moment or period of the day.

战局

zhànjú — Battle situation; the overall state of a military engagement.

已

yǐ — Already; indicates an action has been completed.

无可挽回

wú kě wǎn huí — Irreversible; impossible to save or recover from defeat.

成群

chéng qún — In groups; forming clusters or crowds of people or things.

士兵

shìbīng — Soldier; a person serving in an army as a fighter.

不再

bù zài — No longer; not anymore; indicating something has ceased.

军队

jūnduì — Army; military force; an organized body of soldiers.

从

cóng — From; away from; starting point of movement or action.

溃散

kuìsàn — To rout; to scatter in disorderly retreat after defeat.

而去

ér qù — And leave; departing or going away from a place.

如同

rútóng — Just like; similar to; as if resembling something else.

破碎

pòsuì — Broken; shattered into fragments; falling apart completely.

风暴

fēngbào — Storm; a violent weather event with strong winds.

中

zhōng — In; inside; within a space, time, or group.

雷云

léiyún — Thundercloud; a dark storm cloud associated with lightning.

碎片

suìpiàn — Fragment; a broken piece or shard of something shattered.

那么

nàme — Then; so; in that case; transitional conjunction.

对

duì — Correct; right; directed toward; regarding something.

所说

suǒ shuō — What was said; the words or remarks spoken by someone.

话

huà — Words; speech; what someone says in conversation.

英军

Yīng jūn — British army; the military forces of Great Britain.

炮火

pàohuǒ — Gunfire; artillery fire; cannon bombardment in battle.

山头

shāntóu — Hilltop; the top or peak of a hill or ridge.

夷为平地

yí wéi píng dì — Leveled to the ground; completely demolished or destroyed.

之前

zhīqián — Before; prior to a specific event or point in time.

映衬

yìngchèn — To set off; to contrast and highlight by comparison.

落日

luò rì — Setting sun; the sun as it descends below the horizon.

余晖

yúhuī — Afterglow; the fading light remaining after sunset.

也

yě — Also; too; likewise; indicating addition or similarity.

说

shuō — To say; to speak; to express something in words.

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.

哦

ó / ò — Oh; exclamatory particle expressing realization or emphasis.

世界

shìjiè — World; the earth; the entire realm of human existence.

命

mìng — Life; fate; destiny; one's allotted course of existence.

它

tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for objects or animals.

刻下

kè xià — To engrave; to carve words or marks into a surface.

刻

kè — To carve; to engrave; also a measure of time (quarter hour).

于

yú — At; in; on; classical preposition indicating location or time.