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Vocabulary

那些

nà xiē — those; referring to plural distant objects

药丸

yào wán — pill; medicine in round tablet form

毫无用处

háo wú yòng chù — completely useless; of no use whatsoever

我

wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun

倒不如

dào bù rú — it would be better to; rather than

吞些

tūn xiē — swallow some; ingest a quantity of something

雪球

xuě qiú — snowball; ball made of packed snow

来

lái — come; used to introduce an action or purpose

清凉

qīng liáng — cool and refreshing; pleasantly cold sensation

一下

yī xià — once; briefly; a little bit

肾脏

shèn zàng — kidney; organ filtering blood in the body

已经

yǐ jīng — already; indicates action completed before now

一再

yī zài — repeatedly; again and again; time after time

告诉

gào su — tell; inform someone of something

你

nǐ — you; second-person singular pronoun

这人

zhè rén — this person; referring to a specific individual nearby

是

shì — is; are; to be; linking verb

多么

duō me — how; to what extent; used in exclamations

难以

nán yǐ — difficult to; hard to accomplish something

调动

diào dòng — mobilize; transfer; stir up or motivate

而

ér — and; but; yet; conjunctive particle

到了

dào le — reached; arrived at a point or stage

这把

zhè bǎ — this; used before age-related nouns colloquially

年纪

nián jì — age; one's years; how old one is

应当

yīng dāng — should; ought to; used to express obligation

对

duì — toward; regarding; correct; facing

自己的

zì jǐ de — one's own; belonging to oneself

体质

tǐ zhì — physical constitution; body type and health condition

有所

yǒu suǒ — have some; to some extent; somewhat

了解

liǎo jiě — understand; know; be familiar with something

为何

wèi hé — why; for what reason; literary form

要

yào — want; need; should; going to do

如此

rú cǐ — so; like this; in such a manner

武断

wǔ duàn — arbitrary; dogmatic; making decisions without basis

求

qiú — request; beg; please do something for me

再给

zài gěi — give again; provide once more to someone

开

kāi — write; prescribe; open; issue a document

一张

yī zhāng — one sheet; measure word for flat objects

药方

yào fāng — prescription; a doctor's written medicine formula

吧

ba — sentence-final particle suggesting request or supposition

四肢

sì zhī — four limbs; arms and legs of the body

僵硬

jiāng yìng — stiff; rigid; inflexible in body or manner

百般

bǎi bān — in every way; all kinds of; every sort

酸痛

suān tòng — aching; sore and painful feeling in body

犹如

yóu rú — just like; as if; resembling something closely

遭受了

zāo shòu le — suffered; underwent; experienced something negative

实则

shí zé — in fact; actually; the truth is

身心俱疲

shēn xīn jù pí — exhausted both physically and mentally; totally worn out

仿佛

fǎng fú — as if; seem like; appear to be

自身

zì shēn — oneself; one's own self; personally

的

de — structural particle indicating possession or modification

烦恼

fán nǎo — trouble; worry; vexation; mental distress

还

hái — still; also; yet; in addition

不够

bù gòu — not enough; insufficient; inadequate amount

多

duō — many; much; more; numerous

似的

shì de — as if; like; seems as though

姐姐

jiě jie — older sister; elder female sibling

孩子

hái zi — child; children; kid

留给了

liú gěi le — left to; passed on to someone else

成了

chéng le — became; turned into; resulted in something

无穷无尽

wú qióng wú jìn — endless; inexhaustible; without limit or end

人们

rén men — people; folks; human beings in general

生儿育女

shēng ér yù nǚ — bear and raise children; have a family

折磨

zhé mó — torment; torture; cause suffering to someone

邻居

lín jū — neighbor; person living nearby

这

zhè — this; indicating something close or just mentioned

算什么

suàn shén me — what does this count as; so what anyway

事

shì — matter; affair; event; thing that happens

昨天

zuó tiān — yesterday; the day before today

发生在

fā shēng zài — happened to; occurred involving a person or place

外甥女

wài shēng nǚ — niece; sister's daughter

身上

shēn shàng — on one's body; happening to a person

一件

yī jiàn — one item; measure word for events or clothes

荒唐事

huāng táng shì — absurd affair; ridiculous or outrageous incident

把

bǎ — disposal marker; also measure word for handles

搅扰得

jiǎo rǎo de — disturbed to the point of; disrupted so that

心绪大乱

xīn xù dà luàn — mind thrown into great disorder; mentally chaotic

预感

yù gǎn — premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; self; personally

又要

yòu yào — going to again; about to do once more

犯

fàn — suffer from; commit; experience a recurrence of

痛风

tòng fēng — gout; painful joint disease caused by uric acid

卧床不起

wò chuáng bù qǐ — bedridden; unable to get up due to illness

了

le — sentence-final particle indicating completion or change

或许

huò xǔ — perhaps; maybe; possibly

会

huì — will; can; be able to; likely to

在

zài — in; at; on; preposition of location or time

信中

xìn zhōng — in the letter; within the written correspondence

详加

xiáng jiā — explain in detail; elaborate thoroughly

解释

jiě shì — explain; clarify; give an explanation of something

明日

míng rì — tomorrow; the next day; literary term

清晨

qīng chén — early morning; dawn; the beginning of the day

将

jiāng — will; about to; going to do something

动身

dòng shēn — set out; depart; start a journey

前往

qián wǎng — go to; head toward; travel to a destination

温泉

wēn quán — hot spring; naturally heated mineral water source

疗养地

liáo yǎng dì — health resort; spa; place for recuperation and rest

恐怕

kǒng pà — I'm afraid; probably; fear that something will happen

那里

nà lǐ — there; that place; over there

停留

tíng liú — stay; remain; linger at a place for time

时间

shí jiān — time; period; duration of an event

比

bǐ — than; compared to; more than in comparison

希望的

xī wàng de — hoped for; desired; what one wished would happen

更长

gèng cháng — even longer; more extended in duration or length

收到

shōu dào — receive; get; obtain something sent to you

后

hòu — after; later; behind; following in time

派

pài — send; dispatch; assign someone to a task

带着

dài zhe — bringing along; carrying with; accompanied by

我的

wǒ de — my; mine; belonging to me

和

hé — and; with; together with

半截

bàn jié — half; a portion; half a section of something

那

nà — that; those; referring to something distant

两个

liǎng gè — two; a pair of; measure word for general objects

旧

jiù — old; used; worn; not new

粮食

liáng shi — grain; food staples; cereal crops as food

运到

yùn dào — transport to; deliver goods to a destination

市场

shì chǎng — market; marketplace; place of commercial trade

上去

shàng qù — go up; to the market; directional complement upward

以

yǐ — at; with; using; by means of a price

低于

dī yú — lower than; below a certain level or value

市价

shì jià — market price; current commercial value of goods

价格

jià gé — price; cost; the amount charged for something

卖给

mài gěi — sell to; transfer goods to someone for money

穷人

qióng rén — poor people; those lacking financial resources

收到了

shōu dào le — received; have gotten a letter or item

一封

yī fēng — one letter; measure word for correspondence

信

xìn — letter; written correspondence; message

他

tā — he; him; third-person singular male pronoun

表示

biǎo shì — express; indicate; show a feeling or intention

愿意

yuàn yì — willing; ready; glad to do something

公开

gōng kāi — publicly; openly; make known to everyone

认罪

rèn zuì — plead guilty; confess to a crime or wrongdoing

并

bìng — and; moreover; in addition; furthermore

承担

chéng dān — bear; undertake; assume responsibility for something