The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 4

Vocabulary

借贷

jiè dài — Borrowing and lending money or credit

之

zhī — Classical possessive or linking particle

术

shù — Skill, technique, or method

进一步

jìn yī bù — To go a step further, advance more

阐释

chǎn shì — To explain or elaborate in detail

以及

yǐ jí — As well as, and also

一桩

yī zhuāng — One matter, affair, or incident

奇异

qí yì — Strange, bizarre, or extraordinary

现象

xiàn xiàng — Phenomenon, observable occurrence or event

记述

jì shù — To record and describe in writing

第

dì — Ordinal prefix indicating numbered sequence

章

zhāng — Chapter or section of a text

伯爵

bó jué — Count or earl, a noble title

揭开

jiē kāi — To uncover, reveal, or open up

其

qí — His, her, its, their (classical pronoun)

炮火

pào huǒ — Gunfire, cannon fire, artillery bombardment

遭到

zāo dào — To suffer or encounter something negative

击退

jī tuì — To repel, drive back an attack

变换

biàn huàn — To change, switch, or transform tactics

策略

cè lüè — Strategy, tactic, or planned approach

却

què — But, yet, however (contrastive conjunction)

仍

réng — Still, yet, continuing as before

无效

wú xiào — Ineffective, invalid, producing no result

的

de — Possessive or attributive structural particle

贞节

zhēn jié — Chastity, virtue, moral purity

受

shòu — To receive, accept, or undergo something

上天

shàng tiān — Heaven, God, divine providence above

介入

jiè rù — To intervene or become involved

庇护

bì hù — To shelter, protect, or give refuge

转换

zhuǎn huàn — To switch, convert, or transform

场景

chǎng jǐng — Scene, setting, or scenario

以

yǐ — With, by means of, using

新

xīn — New, fresh, or renewed

面目

miàn mù — Appearance, face, or identity

登场

dēng chǎng — To appear on stage or scene

战胜

zhàn shèng — To defeat, overcome, or triumph over

一位

yī wèi — One person (polite measure word)

医界

yī jiè — Medical profession or community

对手

duì shǒu — Opponent, rival, or adversary

前往

qián wǎng — To go to, head toward a destination

都城

dū chéng — Capital city of a country

跻身

jī shēn — To rise to, join a distinguished group

医师

yī shī — Physician, licensed medical doctor

之列

zhī liè — Among the ranks of, in the category

因

yīn — Because of, due to, owing to

一次

yī cì — One time, once, a single occurrence

幸运

xìng yùn — Lucky, fortunate, good fortune

失败

shī bài — Failure, defeat, to fail

而

ér — And, but, yet (classical conjunction)

谋得

móu dé — To obtain through scheming or effort

职位

zhí wèi — Position, post, or job title

陨落

yǔn luò — To fall, collapse, or perish suddenly

与

yǔ — And, with, together with

逐渐

zhú jiàn — Gradually, step by step, progressively

衰败

shuāi bài — To decline, decay, or deteriorate

屡番

lǚ fān — Repeatedly, time and again, multiple times

努力

nǔ lì — To strive hard, make great effort

均

jūn — All, without exception, equally

告

gào — To report, announce, or result in

后

hòu — After, afterward, behind in time

他

tā — He, him (third person masculine)

诉诸

sù zhū — To resort to, appeal to something

婚姻

hūn yīn — Marriage, matrimony, wedlock

套索

tào suǒ — Lasso, snare, or entangling trap

财运

cái yùn — Financial luck or fortune

就此

jiù cǐ — Thereupon, from this point, henceforth

被

bèi — Passive marker indicating action upon subject

彻底

chè dǐ — Thoroughly, completely, utterly

扼杀

è shā — To strangle, suppress, or kill off

安然

ān rán — Calmly, safely, peacefully without distress

入狱

rù yù — To enter prison, be imprisoned

读者

dú zhě — Reader, person who reads

得以

dé yǐ — To be able to, manage to do

一番

yī fān — A round of, a spell of something

回顾

huí gù — To look back, review past events

简化

jiǎn huà — To simplify, make less complex

法律

fǎ lǜ — Law, legal system, legislation

程序

chéng xù — Procedure, process, or program

证明

zhèng míng — To prove, demonstrate, or certify

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself, one's own self

不愧

bù kuì — Worthy of, deserving the title of

为

wéi — To be, act as, serve as

其父

qí fù — His father (classical possessive expression)

之子

zhī zǐ — Son of, child of (classical form)

妹妹

mèi mei — Younger sister

带去

dài qù — To bring or carry something away

幸福

xìng fú — Happiness, well-being, bliss

消息

xiāo xi — News, message, information

则

zé — Then, in contrast (classical conjunction)

揭去

jiē qù — To remove, strip away, lift off

长久

cháng jiǔ — Long-lasting, for a long time

以来

yǐ lái — Since, from a past time until now

遮蔽

zhē bì — To cover, obscure, or block from view

令

lìng — To cause, make, order someone to

看不透

kàn bù tòu — Cannot see through, unable to perceive clearly

迷雾

mí wù — Thick fog, mist, or confusion

回报

huí bào — To repay, reward, return a favor

友人

yǒu rén — Friend, companion, acquaintance

忠诚

zhōng chéng — Loyal, faithful, devoted

并

bìng — And, furthermore, simultaneously

收到

shōu dào — To receive, get something delivered

一封

yī fēng — One letter (measure word for letters)

濒临

bīn lín — On the verge of, bordering on

死亡

sǐ wáng — Death, dying, decease

崩溃

bēng kuì — Collapse, breakdown, to fall apart

边缘

biān yuán — Edge, margin, brink of something

信件

xìn jiàn — Letter, written correspondence

遇见

yù jiàn — To meet, encounter unexpectedly

一座

yī zuò — One building or monument (measure word)

正义

zhèng yì — Justice, righteousness, moral correctness

活

huó — Living, alive, active

纪念碑

jì niàn bēi — Monument or memorial commemorating someone

邂逅

xiè hòu — To encounter by chance, chance meeting

本

běn — This, the current (demonstrative for volumes)

回忆录

huí yì lù — Memoir, written record of memories

中

zhōng — In, inside, within, among

颇具

pō jù — Quite having, considerably possessing

分量

fèn liàng — Weight, significance, substance, importance

人物

rén wù — Character, figure, notable person

返回

fǎn huí — To return, go back to a place

英格兰

Yīng gé lán — England, country in the United Kingdom

深夜

shēn yè — Deep in the night, late at night

哀悼

āi dào — To mourn, grieve for the deceased

陷入

xiàn rù — To fall into, sink into a state

恍惚

huǎng hū — Trance, dazed, absent-minded state