The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 3

Vocabulary

那位

nà wèi — That person; polite reference to a specific individual.

惊愕

jīng è — Stunned with shock or astonishment.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

画家

huà jiā — A painter; professional artist who creates paintings.

徒劳

tú láo — In vain; effort that produces no result.

地

de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.

声称

shēng chēng — To claim or assert something publicly.

他

tā — He; third-person singular masculine pronoun.

无意

wú yì — To have no intention of doing something.

冒犯

mào fàn — To offend or give offense to someone.

任何人

rèn hé rén — Anyone; any person whatsoever.

也

yě — Also; too; as well; likewise.

影射

yǐng shè — To allude to or insinuate about a real person.

特定

tè dìng — Specific; particular; designated.

人物

rén wù — A person; character; public figure.

然而

rán ér — However; nevertheless; yet; but.

他们

tā men — They; them; third-person plural pronoun.

坚称

jiān chēng — To insist or firmly maintain a claim.

相似

xiāng sì — Similar; resembling each other closely.

之处

zhī chù — The place or aspect of; respects in which.

过于

guò yú — Excessively; too much; overly.

明显

míng xiǎn — Obvious; evident; clearly apparent.

不容

bù róng — Cannot allow; must not; impermissible.

忽视

hū shì — To ignore or overlook; disregard intentionally.

指责

zhǐ zé — To accuse or criticize; find fault with someone.

傲慢无礼

ào màn wú lǐ — Arrogant and rude; showing disrespectful haughtiness.

心存恶意

xīn cún è yì — Harboring malicious intent in one's heart.

忘恩负义

wàng ēn fù yì — Ungrateful; forgetting kindness and betraying trust.

喧嚣声

xuān xiāo shēng — Clamor; loud noisy uproar from a crowd.

被

bèi — Passive marker indicating the subject is acted upon.

公众

gōng zhòng — The public; general population; society at large.

听闻

tīng wén — To hear about; come to know through hearing.

于是

yú shì — Therefore; consequently; as a result.

上尉

shàng wèi — Captain; a military officer rank above lieutenant.

至死

zhì sǐ — Until death; to the end of one's life.

都是

dōu shì — All are; both are; entirely is.

一头

yī tóu — One (animal); measure word for large animals.

熊

xióng — Bear; large omnivorous mammal.

医生

yī shēng — Doctor; medical physician.

蔗

zhè — Sugarcane; tall tropical grass producing sugar.

议员

yì yuán — Member of parliament; legislative representative.

一只

yī zhī — One (small animal); measure word for animals.

猫头鹰

māo tóu yīng — Owl; nocturnal bird of prey.

基督徒

Jī dū tú — Christian; a follower of Jesus Christ.

读者

dú zhě — Reader; person who reads a text.

啊

a — Exclamatory particle expressing feeling or emphasis.

我

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

以

yǐ — By means of; using; with.

上帝

Shàng dì — God; the supreme deity in Christian belief.

慈悲

cí bēi — Compassion; mercy; benevolent kindness.

恳求

kěn qiú — To earnestly beseech or implore someone.

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.

在

zài — At; in; while; existing at a location or time.

翻阅

fān yuè — To browse or flip through pages of a book.

以下

yǐ xià — The following; below; hereafter in the text.

篇章

piān zhāng — Chapters and sections; written passages of a work.

之时

zhī shí — At the time of; when; during the moment of.

牢记

láo jì — To firmly remember; keep in mind always.

这个

zhè ge — This; this one; referring to a nearby thing.

例子

lì zi — Example; instance used to illustrate a point.

切勿

qiè wù — Must not; absolutely do not; a strong prohibition.

将

jiāng — To take; particle indicating disposal of an object.

那

nà — That; referring to something distant or previously mentioned.

本属于

běn shǔ yú — Originally belonging to; properly attributed to someone.

五百个

wǔ bǎi ge — Five hundred; a count of five hundred items.

不同

bù tóng — Different; not the same; distinct from each other.

之人

zhī rén — Such a person; the person of; literary reference to people.

东西

dōng xi — Thing; object; stuff; an item.

据为己有

jù wéi jǐ yǒu — To appropriate for oneself; take possession wrongfully.

若

ruò — If; supposing; in the event that.

碰巧

pèng qiǎo — By chance; happen to; coincidentally.

遇到

yù dào — To encounter; come across; meet unexpectedly.

某个

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

某些

mǒu xiē — Certain; some; referring to unspecified items.

不讨人喜欢

bù tǎo rén xǐ huan — Unlikeable; not pleasing to people; disagreeable.

方面

fāng miàn — Aspect; dimension; side of a matter.

与

yǔ — And; with; together with.

请

qǐng — Please; to request politely; invite.

守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng — Keep one's mouth shut tight; keep a secret.

想想

xiǎng xiǎng — Think about it; consider for a moment.

一个

yī ge — One; a single item or person.

特征

tè zhēng — Characteristic; distinguishing feature or trait.

并不能

bìng bù néng — Simply cannot; by no means able to.

构成

gòu chéng — To constitute; form; make up a whole.

一张

yī zhāng — One (flat object); measure word for flat things.

脸

liǎn — Face; the front part of the head.

而且

ér qiě — Moreover; furthermore; in addition.

尽管

jǐn guǎn — Even though; despite; although.

或许

huò xǔ — Perhaps; maybe; possibly.

而

ér — And; but; yet; connective particle.

著称

zhù chēng — To be known or famous for something.

二十位

èr shí wèi — Twenty people; polite counter for persons.

邻居

lín jū — Neighbor; person living nearby.

可能

kě néng — Possible; maybe; might; perhaps.

处于

chǔ yú — To be in; find oneself in a certain state.

同样

tóng yàng — Same; identical; in the same way.

境况

jìng kuàng — Circumstances; situation; condition one is in.