Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 14

Vocabulary

的

de — Possessive/attributive particle connecting modifier to noun

第一

dì yī — First; number one in a sequence

部分

bùfen — Part, section, or portion of something

大约

dàyuē — Approximately; roughly; about a certain amount

在

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

十天

shí tiān — Ten days; a period of ten days

内

nèi — Within; inside a defined period or space

写成

xiě chéng — To finish writing; to complete a written work

也就是说

yě jiù shì shuō — That is to say; in other words; meaning

从

cóng — From; starting from a point in time or space

2月初

èr yuè chū — Early February; the beginning of February

到

dào — To; until; reaching a destination or endpoint

2月中旬

èr yuè zhōngxún — Mid-February; the middle ten days of February

左右

zuǒyòu — Around; approximately; thereabouts

最后

zuìhòu — Last; final; in the end

几行

jǐ háng — A few lines of text

恰好

qiàhǎo — Exactly; just right; coincidentally at that moment

是

shì — To be; is/am/are; affirmative copula

辞世

cí shì — To pass away; to die (formal, literary expression)

那个

nà ge — That; that particular one (demonstrative pronoun)

神圣

shénshèng — Sacred; holy; divine and deeply revered

时刻

shíkè — Moment; a specific point or instant in time

写就

xiě jiù — To have completed writing; to finish composing

除了

chúle — Apart from; except for; besides something mentioned

用于

yòng yú — Used for; employed in a specific purpose

创作

chuàngzuò — To create; creative work, especially artistic or literary

本书

běn shū — This book; the current work being referenced

那

nà — That; those; used as demonstrative reference

之外

zhī wài — Outside of; beyond; apart from something

我

wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun

兄长

xiōngzhǎng — Elder brother; older male sibling (formal term)

常常

chángcháng — Often; frequently; habitually doing something

将

jiāng — Future marker; will; also used to introduce object

这个

zhège — This; this particular one (demonstrative pronoun)

冬天

dōngtiān — Winter; the cold season of the year

称为

chēng wéi — To call; to refer to something as; termed

他

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

所

suǒ — Particle indicating the object of a verb phrase

经历

jīnglì — To experience; to go through; an experience

过

guò — Experiential aspect marker; indicates past experience

最

zuì — Most; superlative degree marker before adjective

艰难

jiānnán — Difficult; arduous; extremely hard to endure

多

duō — Many; much; more than usual

病痛

bìngtòng — Illness and pain; sickness and suffering

一个

yī ge — One; a single (measure word + noun)

然而

rán'ér — However; yet; nevertheless (literary conjunction)

这样说

zhèyàng shuō — To say it this way; to put it like this

并不是

bìng bù shì — Is definitely not; emphatically not the case

指

zhǐ — To refer to; to mean; to point at

昔日

xīrì — Former days; in the past; of old times

旧疾

jiù jí — Old illness; chronic or recurring ailment

折磨

zhémó — To torment; to cause suffering; anguish

而是

ér shì — But rather; instead it is; used for contrast

染上

rǎn shàng — To catch; to contract an illness or habit

了

le — Completion marker; indicates a change of state

严重

yánzhòng — Serious; severe; grave in degree or nature

流感

liúgǎn — Influenza; the flu; a viral respiratory illness

这场病

zhè cháng bìng — This illness; this bout of sickness (measure word)

抵达

dǐdá — To arrive at; to reach a destination

后

hòu — After; behind; following in time or space

又

yòu — Again; also; additionally; once more

数周

shù zhōu — Several weeks; a number of weeks

之久

zhī jiǔ — For as long as; indicating duration (formal)

事实上

shìshí shàng — In fact; actually; as a matter of fact

感到

gǎndào — To feel; to sense; to experience an emotion

痛苦

tòngkǔ — Pain; suffering; anguish; deeply distressed feeling

精神

jīngshén — Spirit; mental; psychological state or energy

状态

zhuàngtài — State; condition; the current situation or status

那种

nà zhǒng — That kind of; that type of (demonstrative + measure)

难以言说

nán yǐ yán shuō — Difficult to express in words; indescribable feeling

被遗弃感

bèi yíqì gǎn — Feeling of being abandoned; sense of desertion

中

zhōng — In; within; among; in the middle of

以

yǐ — With; by means of; using (literary preposition)

令人心碎

lìng rén xīn suì — Heartbreaking; causing one's heart to shatter

方式

fāngshì — Way; method; manner of doing something

表达

biǎodá — To express; to convey feelings or ideas

这种

zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of feeling or thing

感受

gǎnshòu — Feeling; perception; subjective emotional experience

甚至

shènzhì — Even; going so far as; to an extreme degree

连

lián — Even; including; used for emphasis with 都/也

友人

yǒurén — Friend; a person with whom one has friendship

和

hé — And; with; connects nouns or noun phrases

熟人

shúrén — Acquaintance; someone one knows but not closely

受到

shòu dào — To receive; to be subjected to something

反响

fǎnxiǎng — Response; reaction; echo or repercussion from others

也

yě — Also; too; as well (additive adverb)

令人

lìng rén — To make people feel; causing someone to feel

极为

jí wéi — Extremely; exceedingly; to the highest degree

沮丧

jǔsàng — Dejected; discouraged; feeling depressed or downcast

因为

yīnwèi — Because; since; for the reason that

几乎

jīhū — Almost; nearly; practically (close to complete)

所有

suǒyǒu — All; every; the entirety of something

收到

shōu dào — To receive; to have received something given

赠书

zèng shū — Gifted book; a copy of a book given as present

人

rén — Person; people; human being

都

dōu — All; both; every one (universal quantifier adverb)

误解

wùjiě — To misunderstand; a misinterpretation or misconception

这部

zhè bù — This (volume/work); measure word for books or films

作品

zuòpǐn — Work; a creative piece such as book or artwork

发现

fāxiàn — To discover; to find out; to realize something

没有人

méiyǒu rén — Nobody; no one; not a single person

对

duì — Toward; regarding; with respect to something

许多

xǔduō — Many; a great number of; lots of

思想

sīxiǎng — Thought; idea; ideology; philosophical thinking

有

yǒu — To have; there is/are; to possess

足够

zúgòu — Enough; sufficient; adequate in quantity or degree

理解

lǐjiě — To understand; comprehension; to grasp meaning

准备

zhǔnbèi — Preparation; readiness; to prepare for something

情形

qíngxíng — Situation; circumstances; the state of affairs

证明

zhèngmíng — To prove; to demonstrate; evidence showing truth

一个人

yī ge rén — A person; one person; alone by oneself

可以

kěyǐ — Can; may; to be allowed or able to

清晰

qīngxī — Clear; distinct; easy to see or understand

言说

yán shuō — To speak; to express in words (literary term)

却

què — Yet; but; however (contrastive adverb)

仍然

réngrán — Still; nevertheless; continuing as before

得不到

dé bu dào — Unable to obtain; cannot get or receive something

任何人

rènhé rén — Anyone; anybody; any person whatsoever

倾听

qīngtīng — To listen attentively; to lend an ear to