The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere — Page 12

Vocabulary

她

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

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

崛起

juéqǐ — To rise up powerfully; emergence of a great force.

迅速

xùnsù — Rapid, swift, quick in speed or action.

而

ér — Conjunction meaning but, yet, or and.

辉煌

huīhuáng — Glorious, brilliant, splendid achievement or appearance.

衰落

shuāiluò — To decline, decay, fall from former greatness.

却

què — Adverb meaning yet, but, however, on the contrary.

缓慢

huǎnmàn — Slow, gradual, lacking speed or quickness.

屈辱

qūrǔ — Humiliation, disgrace, suffering shame or indignity.

从

cóng — Preposition meaning from, following, since.

与

yǔ — Conjunction or preposition meaning and, with.

旗帜

qízhì — Flag, banner, standard representing a nation or cause.

被

bèi — Passive marker indicating an action done to subject.

胜利

shènglì — Victory, triumph, success in a contest or war.

地

de — Structural particle linking adverb or adverbial phrase.

插上

chāshàng — To plant or stick something upright into a surface.

城垛

chéngduǒ — Battlements, merlons on top of a castle wall.

那个

nàge — That, that one; demonstrative pronoun or adjective.

光辉

guānghuī — Radiance, glory, brilliant and shining light or fame.

清晨

qīngchén — Early morning, the clear and fresh morning hours.

到

dào — To arrive at; preposition indicating destination or extent.

不久前

bùjiǔ qián — Not long ago, a short time in the past.

短暂

duǎnzàn — Brief, short-lived, lasting only a short time.

夏日

xiàrì — Summer day, a day during the summer season.

在

zài — Preposition indicating location: at, in, on.

这个

zhège — This, this one; demonstrative pronoun or adjective.

曾经

céngjīng — Once, formerly, at some point in the past.

称霸

chēngbà — To dominate, hegemonize, lord over others by force.

世界

shìjiè — The world, the earth, all of humanity.

强权

qiángquán — Power, might, authority exercised by a dominant force.

最后

zuìhòu — Last, final, ultimately at the end.

残破

cánpò — Broken, dilapidated, damaged and in ruins.

余孽

yúniè — Remaining evil remnants; last vestiges of a defeated force.

决定性

juédìngxìng — Decisive, conclusive, having a determining outcome.

炸得

zhà de — Blown up to the extent of; blasted until result.

灰飞烟灭

huī fēi yān miè — Reduced to ashes and smoke; utterly destroyed completely.

飘荡

piāodàng — To drift, float, wander without fixed destination.

于

yú — Preposition meaning in, at, from, between.

时空

shíkōng — Time and space, spacetime as a combined concept.

之间

zhījiān — Between, among, in the middle of two things.

化作

huàzuò — To transform into, become, turn into something else.

无形

wúxíng — Invisible, intangible, without physical form or shape.

成为

chéngwéi — To become, to turn into a new state.

对

duì — Preposition meaning for, toward; also correct.

后世

hòushì — Posterity, later generations, people of future ages.

教训

jiàoxun — Lesson, warning, moral derived from experience or failure.

警示

jǐngshì — Warning, cautionary sign or signal to alert others.

无论

wúlùn — Regardless of, no matter what the situation.

人类

rénlèi — Humanity, humankind, the human race collectively.

历史

lìshǐ — History, the recorded past of human civilization.

记录

jìlù — Record, documentation; to record or document events.

中

zhōng — In the middle of; within a context or period.

最终

zuìzhōng — Ultimately, finally, in the end after everything.

定位

dìngwèi — Positioning, classification, how something is categorized.

如何

rúhé — How, in what way, what manner or result.

是

shì — To be; affirmative verb linking subject and predicate.

作为

zuòwéi — As, in the capacity of; to serve as something.

现代

xiàndài — Modern times, contemporary era, the present age.

文明

wénmíng — Civilization, culture, an advanced state of human society.

先驱

xiānqū — Pioneer, forerunner, one who leads the way ahead.

还是

háishi — Or, still, used in questions or alternatives.

列国

lièguó — Various nations, many countries, a number of states.

海盗

hǎidào — Pirate, sea raider who plunders ships or coasts.

掠夺者

lüèduózhě — Plunderer, pillager, one who seizes by force.

抑或

yìhuò — Or perhaps, alternatively, used in formal writing.

如

rú — As, like, such as; to be like something.

看来

kànlái — It seems, it appears, judging by appearances.

最有

zuì yǒu — Most likely to have or possess a quality.

可能

kěnéng — Possible, likely, maybe, perhaps something may occur.

那样

nàyàng — Like that, in that way, in such a manner.

两者

liǎngzhě — Both, the two, referring to two previously mentioned things.

兼而有之

jiān ér yǒu zhī — To have both simultaneously; combining two qualities together.

至少

zhìshǎo — At least, at the minimum, no fewer than.

除了

chúle — Except for, apart from, besides something already mentioned.

伟大

wěidà — Great, magnificent, of outstanding importance or stature.

母体

mǔtǐ — Parent body, matrix, original source from which something derives.

罗马

Luómǎ — Rome, the ancient Roman Empire or its capital city.

之外

zhīwài — Outside of, beyond, apart from a certain scope.

提供了

tígōng le — Has provided, supplied, offered something to someone.

迄今

qìjīn — Up to now, to this day, until the present.

所

suǒ — Particle used before verbs to nominalize or emphasize.

最具

zuì jù — Most possessing of, having the greatest degree of.

启示性

qǐshìxìng — Revelatory, illuminating, having the quality of revealing truth.

政治

zhèngzhì — Politics, political affairs, governance of a state.

病理学

bìnglǐxué — Pathology, study of disease causes and effects.

建议

jiànyì — Suggestion, recommendation, advice offered to someone.

进步

jìnbù — Progress, advancement, improvement in ability or condition.

研究者

yánjiūzhě — Researcher, scholar, one who studies a subject deeply.

熟悉

shúxī — To be familiar with, to know well through experience.

这一

zhè yī — This one, this particular item or point mentioned.

忠告

zhōnggào — Sincere advice, earnest counsel given in good faith.

今天

jīntiān — Today, the present day, this current day.

比

bǐ — Compared to, than; used in comparative sentences.

近

jìn — Near, close, approaching; nearly, almost a quantity.

一个

yīgè — One, a single unit; a general measure word.

世纪

shìjì — Century, a period of one hundred years.

前

qián — Before, in front of, previously in time or space.

首次

shǒucì — For the first time, the initial occurrence of something.

出自

chūzì — To come from, originate from a source or person.

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something distant.

博学

bóxué — Erudite, learned, having extensive knowledge and scholarship.

广识

guǎngshí — Broadly knowledgeable, having wide-ranging understanding and insight.

头脑

tóunǎo — Mind, brain, intellect; a person's thinking capacity.

之时

zhī shí — At the time of, during a particular moment.

更加

gèngjiā — Even more, all the more, to a greater degree.

切中要害

qiē zhòng yàohài — To hit the nail on the head; precisely on point.

几乎

jīhū — Almost, nearly, very close to but not quite.

刚刚

gānggāng — Just now, a moment ago, very recently happened.

抵达

dǐdá — To arrive at, reach a destination after traveling.

权力

quánlì — Power, authority, the right to control or command.

顶峰

dǐngfēng — Peak, summit, the highest point of achievement.

瓦解

wǎjiě — To disintegrate, collapse, fall apart from within.

便已

biàn yǐ — Had already, indicating something began sooner than expected.

开始

kāishǐ — To begin, start, commence an action or process.

征服

zhēngfú — To conquer, subjugate, overcome by force or effort.

之地

zhī dì — Land of, territory of; a formal suffix for place.

接一个

jiē yīgè — One after another; each successive one in sequence.

相继

xiāngjì — In succession, one after another, sequentially following.

脱落

tuōluò — To fall off, drop away, become detached gradually.

将

jiāng — Will, shall; preposition introducing object of action.

孤独

gūdú — Lonely, solitary, isolated without companions or support.

留在

liú zài — To remain in, stay behind at a place.

褪色

tuìsè — To fade in color; to lose former brilliance or glory.

荣光

róngguāng — Glory, honor, radiant prestige of past achievement.

之中

zhīzhōng — Within, in the middle of, surrounded by something.

傲慢

àomàn — Arrogant, haughty, showing excessive pride toward others.

自负

zìfù — Conceited, self-important, overconfident in one's abilities.

骄矜

jiāojīn — Proud and self-important, arrogantly self-satisfied.

一无所有

yī wú suǒ yǒu — To have nothing at all; completely destitute of everything.

又

yòu — Again, also, moreover, in addition to.

万国

wànguó — All nations, every country in the world.