The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 1

Vocabulary

我

wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

最大

zuì dà — Greatest, largest, most significant

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

心愿

xīn yuàn — Heartfelt wish, desire, or aspiration

莫过于

mò guò yú — Nothing surpasses; nothing is greater than

让

ràng — To let, allow, or cause someone to do something

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun

相信

xiāng xìn — To believe, trust, or have confidence in

绝不会

jué bù huì — Absolutely will not; never under any circumstances

忘记

wàng jì — To forget; fail to remember something

或

huò — Or; alternatively; either one option

忽视

hū shì — To neglect, overlook, or disregard something

我们

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

在

zài — At, in, on; indicates location or time

大学

dà xué — University, college; institution of higher education

时

shí — When, at the time of; temporal marker

结下

jié xià — To form, establish, or forge a bond

友谊

yǒu yì — Friendship, friendly relations between people

因此

yīn cǐ — Therefore, consequently, for this reason

现在

xiàn zài — Now, currently, at the present time

便

biàn — Then, so; forthwith; formal connective adverb

开始

kāi shǐ — To begin, start; the beginning of something

分别

fēn bié — To part, separate; respectively; upon parting

约定

yuē dìng — To agree upon; a mutual appointment or promise

要

yào — To want; must; will; expresses intention or necessity

保持

bǎo chí — To maintain, keep up, preserve a state

书信

shū xìn — Letters, written correspondence between people

往来

wǎng lái — Exchange, communication, coming and going

比

bǐ — Compared to; than; used in comparisons

原本

yuán běn — Originally, initially; as originally planned

计划

jì huà — Plan, scheme; to plan or intend something

更早

gèng zǎo — Even earlier, sooner than expected or planned

写信

xiě xìn — To write a letter to someone

是

shì — To be; is, am, are; affirmative verb

为了

wèi le — In order to; for the purpose of

能够

néng gòu — To be able to; capable of doing something

出面

chū miàn — To step forward; appear personally to handle

驳斥

bó chì — To refute, rebut, or repudiate false claims

任何

rèn hé — Any, whatever; whichever without exception

可能

kě néng — Possible, possibly; may or might happen

牛津

Niú jīn — Oxford; English city and famous university name

流传

liú chuán — To spread, circulate; pass down over time

有损

yǒu sǔn — Damaging to, detrimental to one's reputation

名誉

míng yù — Reputation, honor, prestige of a person

闲言碎语

xián yán suì yǔ — Idle gossip, trivial rumors, malicious chatter

那些

nà xiē — Those; referring to previously mentioned items

谣言

yáo yán — Rumor, false story spread among people

涉及

shè jí — To involve, concern, or relate to something

一场

yī chǎng — One instance of an event; a bout or episode

愚蠢

yú chǔn — Stupid, foolish, senseless in action or thought

争吵

zhēng chǎo — Quarrel, argument, noisy dispute between people

而

ér — And, yet, but; connective linking clauses

卷入

juǎn rù — To be drawn into, entangled in a situation

其中

qí zhōng — Among them, within it, in the middle of

皆因

jiē yīn — All because of; entirely due to a cause

妹妹

mèi mei — Younger sister; female sibling born after oneself

她

tā — She, her; third-person singular feminine pronoun

已

yǐ — Already; indicates completed or prior action

此地

cǐ dì — This place, here; referring to current location

一所

yī suǒ — One (used as measure word for schools, buildings)

寄宿

jì sù — To board; live at school as a resident student

学校

xué xiào — School; educational institution for students

就读

jiù dú — To attend school; be enrolled as a student

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or new state

一段

yī duàn — A period of; a section or stretch of time

时日

shí rì — Days and time; a period of time passed

当

dāng — When, just as; at the time that something occurs

与

yǔ — And, with; together with someone else

舅舅

jiù jiu — Maternal uncle; mother's brother

和

hé — And; together with; connecting nouns or phrases

舅母

jiù mǔ — Maternal uncle's wife; wife of mother's brother

他们

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

监护人

jiān hù rén — Guardian; person legally responsible for another

一同

yī tóng — Together, jointly; in company with others

前来

qián lái — To come here, arrive at this place

接

jiē — To pick up, fetch, meet someone arriving

离开

lí kāi — To leave, depart from a place or person

发现

fā xiàn — To discover, find, realize something unexpected

个

gè — General measure word for people and objects

亭亭玉立

tíng tíng yù lì — Gracefully slim and upright; describes beautiful young woman

十七岁

shí qī suì — Seventeen years old; age of seventeen

姑娘

gū niang — Young woman, girl; an unmarried female

容貌

róng mào — Appearance, looks, facial features of a person

秀丽

xiù lì — Pretty, beautiful, delicate in appearance

却

què — But, yet, however; indicates contrast or concession

生性

shēng xìng — By nature, innate character or temperament

单纯

dān chún — Simple, naive, pure-hearted, unsophisticated

对

duì — Regarding, toward; correct; facing something

世事

shì shì — Worldly affairs, the ways of the world

一无所知

yī wú suǒ zhī — Know absolutely nothing; completely ignorant about something

这种

zhè zhǒng — This kind of, this type of something

性情

xìng qíng — Temperament, disposition, natural character of person

加上

jiā shàng — Plus, in addition to; combined with another factor

阅历

yuè lì — Life experience, worldly knowledge gained over time

缺乏

quē fá — To lack, be deficient in something needed

使

shǐ — To cause, make; to enable or result in

容易

róng yì — Easy, likely; prone to happening without difficulty

受到

shòu dào — To receive, be subjected to something external

一个

yī gè — One (person or thing); general measure word

人

rén — Person, human being, people in general

追求

zhuī qiú — To pursue romantically; court; seek after something

不知

bù zhī — Not knowing, unaware of something specific

该

gāi — Should, ought to; indicates what is appropriate

如何

rú hé — How, in what way; what manner to proceed

称呼

chēng hu — To address, call by name; form of address

此人

cǐ rén — This person; referring to previously mentioned individual

他

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

曾

céng — Once, formerly; indicates past experience

戏剧

xì jù — Drama, theater, theatrical performance or play

演出

yǎn chū — Performance, show; to perform on stage

中

zhōng — In, among, within; middle or interior of something

见过

jiàn guò — Have seen before; encountered previously

并

bìng — And, furthermore; simultaneously; alongside

以其

yǐ qí — Using his/its; by means of one's own

特有

tè yǒu — Characteristic, unique to; peculiar to someone

自信

zì xìn — Self-confidence, self-assurance in one's abilities

手腕

shǒu wàn — Tactics, skill, means; clever method of maneuvering

想方设法

xiǎng fāng shè fǎ — To try every means; rack one's brains for solutions

地

de — Adverbial particle linking adverbs to verbs

将

jiāng — Will; takes; formal marker of future or disposal

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun

引荐

yǐn jiàn — To introduce, recommend someone to another person

给

gěi — To give; for; indirect object marker

完全

wán quán — Completely, entirely, totally, fully

出于

chū yú — Out of, stemming from; motivated by a reason

偶然

ǒu rán — Accidental, by chance, coincidental occurrence

截获

jié huò — To intercept, seize; capture something in transit

一封

yī fēng — One letter; measure word for letters

信

xìn — Letter, written message; trust, believe

既然

jì rán — Since, given that; now that a fact is established

扼杀

è shā — To strangle, stifle, nip something in the bud

这段

zhè duàn — This section, this stretch, this particular relationship

于

yú — In, at, from; formal preposition of location or time

萌芽

méng yá — Bud, sprout; early stage of something developing

之中

zhī zhōng — Within, in the midst of something

责任

zé rèn — Responsibility, duty, obligation one must fulfill

着手

zhuó shǒu — To set about, begin, start working on something

找到

zhǎo dào — To find, locate, succeed in searching for

直言不讳

zhí yán bù huì — Speak frankly without concealment; blunt and candid

告知

gào zhī — To inform, notify, tell someone about something

此事

cǐ shì — This matter, this affair being discussed

看法

kàn fǎ — View, opinion, perspective on a matter

这个

zhè gè — This one; demonstrative pronoun for singular item

狂妄之徒

kuáng wàng zhī tú — Arrogant person, presumptuous individual of extreme conceit

不

bù — No, not; negation particle

喜欢

xǐ huān — To like, enjoy, be fond of something

说话

shuō huà — To speak, talk; the way one communicates

方式

fāng shì — Method, manner, way of doing something

表现

biǎo xiàn — To behave, show, display; performance or behavior

得

de — Structural particle linking verb to complement

颇为

pō wéi — Quite, rather, considerably; to a notable degree

强横

qiáng hèng — Domineering, overbearing, aggressive and unreasonable