The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 13

Vocabulary

换

huàn — To change, swap, or exchange something

句话说

jù huà shuō — In other words; to put it another way

我

wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

不会

bù huì — Will not; unable to; won't do something

插入

chā rù — To insert or add something into a text

任何

rèn hé — Any; whichever; used in negative or conditional sentences

认为

rèn wéi — To think, believe, or consider something

在

zài — At, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action

趣味性

qù wèi xìng — Entertaining quality; interest or amusement value

上

shàng — On, above; used as suffix indicating aspect or field

远不如

yuǎn bù rú — Far inferior to; nowhere near as good as

旧版

jiù bǎn — Old version or edition of a work

故事

gù shi — Story, tale, or narrative account

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

内容

nèi róng — Content, substance, or subject matter

原著

yuán zhù — Original work, source text, or primary publication

中

zhōng — In, within, middle; among a group or text

某些

mǒu xiē — Certain, some; referring to unspecified items

性质

xìng zhì — Nature, character, or inherent quality of something

令人反感

lìng rén fǎn gǎn — Causing disgust or aversion in people

段落

duàn luò — Paragraph or passage within a written text

已

yǐ — Already; indicates a completed action or state

略加

lüè jiā — To make slight additions or minor modifications

改动

gǎi dòng — To alter, revise, or make changes to text

但

dàn — But, however; introduces a contrasting clause

这样做

zhè yàng zuò — To do it this way; to act in this manner

过程

guò chéng — Process, course, or procedure of doing something

特别

tè bié — Especially, particularly; special or unusual

注意

zhù yì — To pay attention to; to take care of

使

shǐ — To cause, make, or enable something to happen

其

qí — Its, their; third-person literary pronoun or possessive

与

yǔ — And, with; together with something or someone

阿拉伯

Ā lā bó — Arab; relating to Arabia or Arab culture

风俗习惯

fēng sú xí guàn — Customs and habits of a culture or society

完全

wán quán — Completely, entirely, fully; total agreement or conformity

相符

xiāng fú — To conform to, match, or be consistent with

最初

zuì chū — At first, originally; the very beginning of something

打算

dǎ suàn — To plan, intend, or have in mind to do

删去

shān qù — To delete, remove, or cut out from text

几乎

jī hū — Almost, nearly; very close to a complete amount

全部

quán bù — All, entire, whole; the complete amount or set

诗歌

shī gē — Poetry; poems and songs as a literary form

因为

yīn wèi — Because, due to; introduces a reason or cause

格律

gé lǜ — Metrical rules; prosody governing rhythm in poetry

韵脚

yùn jiǎo — Rhyme ending; the rhyming word at line's end

丧失

sàng shī — To lose or forfeit something important permanently

以及

yǐ jí — As well as, and also; connecting additional items

无法

wú fǎ — Unable to, impossible to; lacking means or ability

保留

bǎo liú — To retain, preserve, or keep something intact

其中

qí zhōng — Among them, within it; inside a group or text

大量

dà liàng — A large amount or quantity of something

双关语

shuāng guān yǔ — Pun or double entendre; words with dual meanings

及

jí — And, as well as; reaching or up to something

其他

qí tā — Other, else; remaining or additional things or people

修辞手法

xiū cí shǒu fǎ — Rhetorical devices or literary techniques in writing

将使

jiāng shǐ — Will cause or make something happen in future

这些

zhè xiē — These; plural demonstrative pronoun for nearby items

译文

yì wén — Translated text or written translation of a work

令

lìng — To cause, make; used to introduce a resulting state

读者

dú zhě — Reader; person who reads books or texts

普遍

pǔ biàn — Universal, widespread, generally applicable to all

难以接受

nán yǐ jiē shòu — Difficult to accept or find acceptable

后来

hòu lái — Later, afterwards; at a subsequent point in time

思虑到

sī lǜ dào — To consider carefully and take into account

将

jiāng — Will, shall; indicates future action or intention

大大

dà dà — Greatly, significantly; to a large or notable degree

改变

gǎi biàn — To change or alter the nature of something

这部

zhè bù — This volume or this work; refers to current text

作品

zuò pǐn — Work, creation; literary or artistic piece produced

特质

tè zhì — Distinctive quality, characteristic, or unique trait

也会

yě huì — Would also; additionally will result in something

展现

zhǎn xiàn — To display, show, or reveal something visibly

风俗

fēng sú — Customs, traditions, or social practices of a culture

情感

qíng gǎn — Emotion, feeling, or sentiment expressed by someone

方面

fāng miàn — Aspect, respect, or dimension of a topic

价值

jià zhí — Value, worth, or significance of something

大为

dà wéi — Greatly, enormously; to a very significant degree

降低

jiàng dī — To reduce, lower, or decrease in level or degree

因此

yīn cǐ — Therefore, consequently; as a result of this reason

决定

jué dìng — To decide or determine a course of action

相当

xiāng dāng — Quite, fairly; a considerable or substantial amount

数量

shù liàng — Quantity, number, or amount of something counted

精选

jīng xuǎn — Carefully selected; a curated or fine-picked collection

篇章

piān zhāng — Chapters or sections of a written literary work

选取

xuǎn qǔ — To select or pick out from available options

依据

yī jù — Based on, according to; a basis or criterion used

或是

huò shì — Or, alternatively; indicating one of several options

自身

zì shēn — Oneself, itself; referring to the thing itself

相对

xiāng duì — Relative, comparative; in relation to something else

情节

qíng jié — Plot or storyline details of a narrative work

上下文

shàng xià wén — Context; surrounding text or situational background

需要

xū yào — To need, require; a necessity or demand for something

译本

yì běn — Translated edition or version of a written work

第一卷

dì yī juàn — Volume one; the first volume of a publication

所

suǒ — Particle indicating passive or nominalized verb phrases

收录

shōu lù — To include or incorporate into a collection or volume

约为

yuē wéi — Approximately is; roughly amounts to a given figure

对应

duì yìng — Corresponding to; matching or equivalent in relation

部分

bù fen — Part, portion, or section of a larger whole

一半

yī bàn — One half; fifty percent of a total amount

若干

ruò gān — Several, a number of; an unspecified small quantity

情况下

qíng kuàng xià — Under certain circumstances or in certain situations

因

yīn — Because of, due to; a reason or cause for something

某篇

mǒu piān — A certain piece or article; some unspecified writing

不适宜

bù shì yí — Unsuitable, inappropriate, or not fitting for purpose

或

huò — Or; alternatively; either one of two options

出于

chū yú — Stemming from, out of; motivated by a certain reason

原因

yuán yīn — Reason, cause, or factor behind an event

而

ér — And, but, yet; conjunction linking contrasting clauses

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state

一节

yī jié — One stanza or one section of a text or poem

数节

shù jié — Several stanzas or sections of a poem or text

少数

shǎo shù — A small number, minority; few cases or instances

情形

qíng xíng — Situation, circumstance, or state of affairs

仅

jǐn — Only, merely, just; limiting to a small amount

译出

yì chū — To translate out; to produce a finished translation

第一节

dì yī jié — The first stanza or section of a poem or text

第一联

dì yī lián — The first couplet or paired lines of a poem