The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 12

Vocabulary

时钟

shí zhōng — Clock; a device for measuring and displaying time.

敲响

qiāo xiǎng — To ring out; to strike and produce a sound.

十二

shí èr — Twelve; the number 12.

下

xià — Below; down; under a surface or position.

猫头鹰

māo tóu yīng — Owl; a nocturnal bird of prey.

在

zài — At; in; located at a place or time.

破败

pò bài — Dilapidated; falling apart and in disrepair.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

上

shàng — Above; on top of a surface or position.

哀鸣

āi míng — To wail mournfully; a sorrowful cry or sound.

门

mén — Door; gate; an entrance to a building.

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives an action.

教堂

jiào táng — Church; a Christian place of worship.

打开

dǎ kāi — To open; to cause something closed to become open.

他

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

借着

jiè zhe — By means of; using something as a light or aid.

一支

yī zhī — One (candle/stick); measure word for slender objects.

微弱

wēi ruò — Faint; weak and barely perceptible in intensity.

蜡烛

là zhú — Candle; a wax stick burned to produce light.

光

guāng — Light; brightness emitted from a source.

引领

yǐn lǐng — To lead; to guide someone toward a destination.

着

zhe — Aspect particle indicating an ongoing or continuous action.

那

nà — That; a demonstrative pronoun pointing to something distant.

绝望

jué wàng — Desperate; feeling completely without hope.

恋人

liàn rén — Lover; a romantic partner or sweetheart.

走向

zǒu xiàng — To walk toward; to move in a certain direction.

一条

yī tiáo — One (passageway/road); measure word for long narrow things.

阴森

yīn sēn — Gloomy and eerie; dark and frighteningly sinister.

过道

guò dào — Passageway; a narrow corridor or aisle.

并

bìng — And; furthermore; used to connect parallel actions.

用

yòng — To use; to employ something as a means.

脚

jiǎo — Foot; the lower extremity used for walking.

跺着

duò zhe — Stomping; striking the ground repeatedly with one's foot.

地面

dì miàn — Ground; floor; the surface of the earth or floor.

说道

shuō dào — Said; spoke; a narrative verb introducing direct speech.

这位

zhè wèi — This (person); polite demonstrative for referring to someone.

年轻

nián qīng — Young; being in an early stage of life.

女士

nǚ shì — Lady; a polite term of address for a woman.

就

jiù — Just; precisely; indicates emphasis or immediacy.

葬于

zàng yú — Buried at; interred in a specific location.

此处

cǐ chù — Here; this place; at this very location.

这里

zhè lǐ — Here; this place; indicating a nearby location.

充斥

chōng chì — Filled with; overflowing with something undesirable.

墓地

mù dì — Graveyard; a cemetery where the dead are buried.

惯用

guàn yòng — Habitually used; a conventional or stock technique.

浪漫主义

làng màn zhǔ yì — Romanticism; an artistic and literary movement emphasizing emotion.

套路

tào lù — Stock formula; a set pattern or clichéd approach.

教授

jiào shòu — Professor; a senior academic teacher at a university.

称

chēng — To call; to refer to; to name or designate.

其

qí — His; its; their; a formal third-person possessive pronoun.

中

zhōng — In; within; inside a text, place, or period.

是

shì — Is; to be; a linking verb indicating identity.

该

gāi — This; that; the said; referring to something mentioned.

最

zuì — Most; superlative adverb indicating the highest degree.

显著

xiǎn zhù — Prominent; notable; clearly outstanding or significant.

典范

diǎn fàn — Exemplar; a prime model or classic example.

以至于

yǐ zhì yú — To the extent that; so much so that a result follows.

人们

rén men — People; folks; people in general.

起初

qǐ chū — At first; initially; in the beginning.

会

huì — Would; will; likely to do something.

倾向于

qīng xiàng yú — To tend to; to be inclined toward doing something.

认为

rèn wéi — To think; to believe; to hold an opinion.

嘲弄

cháo nòng — To mock; to ridicule or make fun of something.

这一

zhè yī — This; this particular (thing or element).

然而

rán ér — However; yet; a conjunction indicating contrast.

上下文

shàng xià wén — Context; the surrounding text clarifying meaning.

似乎

sì hū — Seems; appears to be; seemingly.

表明

biǎo míng — To indicate; to show clearly; to make evident.

完全

wán quán — Completely; entirely; fully and without reservation.

认真

rèn zhēn — Serious; earnest; treating something with full sincerity.

因此

yīn cǐ — Therefore; thus; as a result of this.

问世

wèn shì — To be published; to appear before the public.

十余年

shí yú nián — More than ten years; over a decade of time.

前

qián — Before; prior to a specific time or event.

便

biàn — Then; already; indicating something follows naturally.

能

néng — Can; to be able to; having the ability.

小说

xiǎo shuō — Novel; fiction; a prose narrative literary work.

发现

fā xiàn — To discover; to find something previously unknown.

精神

jīng shén — Spirit; essence; the animating quality of something.

踪迹

zōng jì — Traces; tracks; signs left by someone's presence.

这

zhè — This; a demonstrative pronoun for something nearby.

既

jì — Both; already; used in 既…也 constructions.

令人

lìng rén — Makes one feel; causing a person to experience something.

感兴趣

gǎn xìng qù — To find interesting; to be interested in something.

也

yě — Also; too; likewise; additionally.

惊讶

jīng yà — Surprised; astonished; feeling unexpected wonder.

同样

tóng yàng — Equally; likewise; in the same way.

值得

zhí dé — Worth; deserving of attention or effort.

关注

guān zhù — To pay attention to; to focus on something important.

身上

shēn shàng — On one's person; in someone's character or work.

蕴含

yùn hán — To contain; to embody something within implicitly.

如此

rú cǐ — Such; so; in this way or to this degree.

浓厚

nóng hòu — Strong; rich; having a dense or intense quality.

情节剧

qíng jié jù — Melodrama; a dramatic work emphasizing exaggerated emotion.

色彩

sè cǎi — Color; character; a distinctive quality or tone.

因为

yīn wèi — Because; since; giving a reason or cause.

使

shǐ — To cause; to make; to enable something to happen.

与

yǔ — With; and; together with another person or thing.

十九世纪

shí jiǔ shì jì — The nineteenth century; the 1800s period.

门徒

mén tú — Disciple; follower; a devoted student of a master.

之间

zhī jiān — Between; among; in the space separating two things.

联系

lián xì — Connection; link; a relationship between two things.

愈发

yù fā — Increasingly; more and more; to an ever greater degree.

紧密

jǐn mì — Close; tight; closely connected or bonded together.

从

cóng — From; based on; starting from a point or source.

我

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

所说

suǒ shuō — What is said; that which has been stated.

这一切

zhè yī qiē — All of this; everything mentioned thus far.

来看

lái kàn — To judge from; seen from a particular perspective.

切不可

qiē bù kě — Must not; by no means should one do something.

一贯

yī guàn — Consistent; always the same; uniformly maintained.

风格

fēng gé — Style; the distinctive manner of artistic expression.

总是

zǒng shì — Always; invariably; at all times without exception.

或

huò — Or; either; indicating an alternative choice.

几乎

jī hū — Almost; nearly; very close to but not quite.

缺席

quē xí — Absent; not present; missing from an expected place.

已

yǐ — Already; by now; indicating a completed state.

提到

tí dào — To mention; to bring up a topic in speech.

和

hé — And; together with; connecting two items.

开篇

kāi piān — Opening chapter; the beginning section of a work.

数章

shù zhāng — Several chapters; a few chapters of a book.

正是

zhèng shì — Exactly; precisely; this is just what is expected.

我们

wǒ men — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.

对

duì — Toward; regarding; in relation to something.

文笔

wén bǐ — Writing style; the quality of one's literary expression.

所能

suǒ néng — What one can; the extent of one's ability.

预期

yù qī — To expect; to anticipate; a prior expectation.

此外

cǐ wài — Besides; moreover; in addition to what was said.

监狱

jiān yù — Prison; a place where criminals are confined.

救出

jiù chū — To rescue; to save someone from danger or confinement.

场景

chǎng jǐng — Scene; a depicted situation or setting in a story.

里

lǐ — Inside; within; in the interior of something.

亦有

yì yǒu — Also has; there is also; equally containing something.

真正

zhēn zhèng — Truly; genuinely; authentic and real in nature.

属于

shǔ yú — To belong to; to be characteristic of someone.

笔触

bǐ chù — Brushstroke; the distinctive touch of a writer's pen.

而

ér — And; but; a conjunction linking contrasting clauses.

描写

miáo xiě — To depict; to describe vividly in writing.

起伏

qǐ fú — Ups and downs; rise and fall; fluctuating fortunes.

沉浮

chén fú — Vicissitudes; sinking and floating; changing fortunes.

先是

xiān shì — First was; at first being; initially in a state.

作为

zuò wéi — As; in the role of; serving as something.

备受

bèi shòu — Greatly receiving; to be showered with something.

宠爱

chǒng ài — Doted on; cherished with excessive fond affection.

花花公子

huā huā gōng zǐ — Playboy; a fashionable pleasure-seeking young man.

后又

hòu yòu — Then again; afterward also; subsequently becoming something else.

成为

chéng wéi — To become; to turn into a new role or state.

时髦

shí máo — Fashionable; trendy; following the latest style.

医生

yī shēng — Doctor; physician; a medical professional.

段落

duàn luò — Paragraph; passage; a distinct section of writing.

不乏

bù fá — Not lacking; there is no shortage of something.

式

shì — Style; type; in the manner or fashion of.

讽刺

fěng cì — Satire; irony; mocking criticism through wit.

趣味

qù wèi — Interest; flavor; an amusing or appealing quality.