The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 8

Vocabulary

她

tā — Third person singular feminine pronoun: she, her.

话音未落

huà yīn wèi luò — Before the words have barely finished being spoken.

人

rén — Person, human being, people.

已

yǐ — Already, indicating a completed or past action.

不见

bù jiàn — No longer visible; to disappear, be gone.

他

tā — Third person singular masculine pronoun: he, him.

也

yě — Also, too, as well; likewise.

未

wèi — Not yet; literary negation of a past action.

发

fā — To emit, utter, send out; to issue.

一言

yī yán — A single word or utterance; one word.

只是

zhǐ shì — Simply, merely, only; just doing something.

听着

tīng zhe — Listening continuously; in the act of hearing.

静静

jìng jìng — Quietly, silently, peacefully, in stillness.

地

de — Structural particle linking adverb to verb.

伫立

zhù lì — To stand still for a long time, linger standing.

在

zài — At, in, on; indicating location or presence.

古老

gǔ lǎo — Ancient, age-old, very old and venerable.

夜幕

yè mù — Curtain of night; the dark veil of nighttime.

低垂

dī chuí — Hanging low, drooping downward; descending heavily.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

荫蔽

yīn bì — Shade and cover provided by trees or darkness.

之下

zhī xià — Beneath, under, below; literary locative phrase.

听

tīng — To listen, to hear; pay attention to sounds.

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating something distant.

海上

hǎi shàng — On the sea, upon the ocean surface.

之民

zhī mín — The people of; literary phrase for a group's folk.

冲破

chōng pò — To break through, burst through forcefully.

林木

lín mù — Forest trees; woods, timber, woodland collectively.

如同

rú tóng — Just like, similar to, as if, resembling.

汹涌

xiōng yǒng — Surging, turbulent, violently rushing like waves.

海潮

hǎi cháo — Ocean tides; surging waves of the sea.

自

zì — From; originating from a place or source.

大海

dà hǎi — The great sea; vast ocean, open waters.

而来

ér lái — Coming from; arriving from a direction or source.

那些

nà xiē — Those; plural demonstrative referring to multiple things.

异教

yì jiào — Pagan, heretical; a foreign or non-orthodox religion.

双眼

shuāng yǎn — Both eyes; a pair of eyes.

蓝

lán — Blue; the color blue.

而

ér — And, yet, but; literary conjunction linking qualities.

冷峻

lěng jùn — Cold and stern; austere, harsh, and severe in manner.

歌唱

gē chàng — To sing, to perform songs vocally.

着

zhe — Particle indicating ongoing or continuous action.

某件

mǒu jiàn — A certain matter or thing; some particular item.

残忍

cán rěn — Cruel, brutal, merciless; savagely heartless behavior.

由

yóu — By, due to; indicating agent or cause of action.

一位

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

伟大

wěi dà — Great, magnificent, grand; of outstanding importance.

面带微笑

miàn dài wēi xiào — Wearing a smile on one's face; smiling gently.

王

wáng — King, monarch, ruler of a kingdom.

所为

suǒ wéi — What was done by; deeds or actions performed.

光天化日

guāng tiān huà rì — In broad daylight; openly under the bright sun.

甲板

jiǎ bǎn — The deck of a ship or boat.

盲目

máng mù — Blind, blindly; acting without reason or awareness.

可耻

kě chǐ — Shameful, disgraceful, ignominious; worthy of shame.

阳光照耀

yáng guāng zhào yào — Sunlight shining brightly, illuminating with sunshine.

海面

hǎi miàn — Surface of the sea, ocean surface.

与

yǔ — And, with; connecting two nouns or concepts.

太阳

tài yáng — The sun; the star at the center of our solar system.

之间

zhī jiān — Between, among; in the space or interval between things.

当

dāng — When, at the time of; during a particular moment.

陆地

lù dì — Land, dry land; the solid surface of earth.

被

bèi — Passive particle indicating something done to the subject.

远远

yuǎn yuǎn — Far away, from a great distance; very far off.

抛在

pāo zài — Left behind at; thrown and remaining at a place.

身后

shēn hòu — Behind oneself; at one's back, in the rear.