The Scarlet Letter — Page 3

Vocabulary

页码

yè mǎ — Page number in a book or document.

海关

hǎi guān — Customs; government agency controlling imports and exports.

大楼

dà lóu — Large building; multi-story office or residential block.

监狱

jiān yù — Prison; facility for confining convicted criminals.

之

zhī — Classical possessive or linking particle; of, 's.

门

mén — Door; gate; entrance to a building or room.

小

xiǎo — Small; little; young in age or size.

插图

chā tú — Illustration; picture inserted within a text.

野

yě — Wild; untamed; relating to nature or wilderness.

玫瑰

méi guī — Rose; a thorned flowering plant, symbol of love.

饶舌

ráo shé — Talkative; long-winded; also refers to rap music.

者

zhě — Suffix denoting a person who does something.

站

zhàn — To stand; a station or stop on a route.

在

zài — To be at; located at; in or on a place.

那

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

悲惨

bēi cǎn — Miserable; tragic; causing great sadness or suffering.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

高处

gāo chù — A high place; elevated position or location.

她

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

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates subject receives the action.

押送

yā sòng — To escort under guard; to transfer a prisoner forcibly.

回

huí — To return; to go back to a place.

饱经沧桑

bǎo jīng cāng sāng — Having experienced many hardships and vicissitudes of life.

学者

xué zhě — Scholar; an academic or learned person.

双目

shuāng mù — Both eyes; a literary term for a person's eyes.

炯炯

jiǒng jiǒng — Bright and piercing; describing eyes that shine brilliantly.

孤寂

gū jì — Lonely and desolate; feeling isolated and quietly sad.

居所

jū suǒ — Residence; dwelling place where someone lives.

孤独

gū dú — Solitary; lonely; lacking companionship or social connection.

脚步

jiǎo bù — Footstep; the sound or manner of walking.

稚嫩

zhì nèn — Young and tender; immature; delicate as a child.

小手

xiǎo shǒu — Little hand; a small child's hand.

触碰

chù pèng — To touch; to make physical contact with something.

总督

zǒng dū — Governor-general; colonial or regional governing official.

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun in Chinese.

好自为之

hǎo zì wéi zhī — Take care of yourself; act wisely for your own good.

我

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

不会

bù huì — Will not; unable to; expressing negation of ability or intention.

失去

shī qù — To lose; to be deprived of something previously held.

这个

zhè ge — This; this one; demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects.

孩子

hái zi — Child; kid; a young person or offspring.

牧师

mù shī — Pastor; Protestant Christian minister or clergyman.

与

yǔ — And; with; classical conjunction linking two items.

医生

yī shēng — Doctor; physician; medical professional who treats patients.

他

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

病人

bìng rén — Patient; a sick person under medical care.

教堂

jiào táng — Church; a Christian place of worship and community.

圣女

shèng nǚ — Holy woman; female saint or sacred religious figure.

们

men — Plural suffix added to pronouns or people nouns.

他们

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

伫立

zhù lì — To stand still for a long time; linger upright.

于

yú — At; in; classical preposition indicating location or time.

奇异

qí yì — Strange; bizarre; remarkably unusual or extraordinary.

光辉

guāng huī — Radiance; glorious light; brilliant and splendid glow.

正午

zhèng wǔ — Noon; midday; exactly twelve o'clock in the day.

之中

zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of; among or inside something.

四处

sì chù — Everywhere; all around; in all directions.

采集

cǎi jí — To gather; to collect plants, samples, or data.

草药

cǎo yào — Herbal medicine; medicinal plants used in traditional remedies.

海边

hǎi biān — Seaside; the area alongside the ocean or sea.

原谅

yuán liàng — To forgive; to pardon someone for a wrongdoing.

一缕

yī lǚ — A wisp; a thin strand of light, smoke, or hair.

阳光

yáng guāng — Sunlight; sunshine; the light emitted by the sun.

溪边

xī biān — Streamside; the bank or edge beside a brook.

含有

hán yǒu — To contain; to include a certain element or substance.

险恶

xiǎn è — Sinister; treacherous; dangerous and malicious in nature.

意味

yì wèi — Meaning; implication; a subtle sense conveyed by something.

微笑

wēi xiào — Smile; a gentle upward curve of the lips.

名流

míng liú — Celebrities; prominent and distinguished members of society.

我们

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

难道

nán dào — Could it be that; rhetorical particle expressing disbelief.

再

zài — Again; once more; indicating repetition of an action.

相见

xiāng jiàn — To meet each other; to see one another again.

归来

guī lái — To return; to come back from somewhere.

引言

yǐn yán — Preface; introduction; opening remarks before the main text.

这

zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby things.

实在

shí zài — Really; truly; indeed; genuinely and honestly so.

有些

yǒu xiē — Somewhat; rather; a degree of something notable.

奇特

qí tè — Peculiar; unique; strikingly unusual or distinctive in character.

尽管

jǐn guǎn — Although; even though; despite a contrary condition.

并不

bìng bù — Not at all; emphatically negating a statement or claim.

喜欢

xǐ huān — To like; to be fond of; to enjoy something.

炉边

lú biān — Fireside; the area beside a hearth or fireplace.

或

huò — Or; alternatively; expressing a choice between options.

向

xiàng — Toward; facing; in the direction of something or someone.

亲朋好友

qīn péng hǎo yǒu — Family and close friends; one's dear social circle.

过多

guò duō — Excessive; too much; more than what is appropriate.

谈论

tán lùn — To discuss; to talk about a topic with others.

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself; yourself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject.

及

jí — And; as well as; reaching up to a point.

自身

zì shēn — One's own self; personal; relating to oneself directly.

事务

shì wù — Affairs; matters; business or personal concerns to handle.

然而

rán ér — However; nevertheless; a conjunction indicating contrast or turn.

一生

yī shēng — A lifetime; one's entire life from birth to death.

中

zhōng — In; within; the middle or inside of something.

这种

zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of; referring to a category.

写

xiě — To write; to compose text or characters by hand.

自传

zì zhuàn — Autobiography; a self-written account of one's own life.

冲动

chōng dòng — Impulse; urge; a sudden strong desire to act.

却

què — Yet; but; however; indicating an unexpected contrast.

两度

liǎng dù — Twice; two times; occurring on two separate occasions.

降临

jiàng lín — To descend upon; to arrive; said of fate or events.

驱使

qū shǐ — To drive; to compel; to urge someone into action.

公众

gōng zhòng — The public; the general populace; society at large.

倾诉

qīng sù — To pour out one's heart; to confide feelings openly.