Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 3

Vocabulary

我

wǒ — First-person singular pronoun: I, me.

很想

hěn xiǎng — Really want to; strongly desire to do something.

说些

shuō xiē — Say some; speak a few words about something.

什么

shénme — What; used in questions or as indefinite pronoun.

与其

yǔqí — Rather than; used to prefer one option over another.

说是

shuō shì — To say it is; to call or describe as.

关于

guānyú — About, regarding, concerning a topic or subject.

中国人

Zhōngguórén — Chinese person; a person of Chinese nationality or ethnicity.

和

hé — And; connecting words, phrases, or clauses together.

三明治

sānmíngzhì — Sandwich; food with filling between two bread slices.

群岛

qúndǎo — Archipelago; a group or chain of islands.

人

rén — Person, people, human being.

不如

bùrú — Not as good as; better to; inferior to something.

你们

nǐmen — You all; second-person plural pronoun.

这些

zhèxiē — These; plural demonstrative pronoun referring to nearby things.

读

dú — To read; to study written text aloud or silently.

页面

yèmiàn — Page; a single page of a document or website.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

据说

jùshuō — It is said that; reportedly; according to what people say.

住在

zhù zài — To live in; to reside at a particular place.

处境

chǔjìng — Situation, circumstances; the conditions one finds oneself in.

尤其是

yóuqí shì — Especially, particularly; singling out a specific case.

在

zài — At, in, on; preposition indicating location or time.

这个

zhège — This; singular demonstrative pronoun for nearby objects.

世界

shìjiè — World; the earth and all its inhabitants and places.

上

shàng — On, above; directional particle indicating surface or position.

这座

zhè zuò — This (used with measure word for large structures or places).

城镇

chéngzhèn — Town; a settlement smaller than a city, larger than village.

里

lǐ — Inside, within; locative particle indicating interior location.

外在

wàizài — External, outward; relating to external conditions or appearance.

或

huò — Or; used to connect alternatives or possibilities.

环境

huánjìng — Environment, surroundings; the conditions around someone or something.

它

tā — It; third-person pronoun for objects or animals.

是

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

什么样

shénme yàng — What kind; asking about the nature or appearance of something.

是否

shìfǒu — Whether or not; used to pose a yes/no question.

必然

bìrán — Inevitable, necessarily; certain to happen without doubt.

如此

rúcǐ — Like this, so, thus; referring to a described state or situation.

糟糕

zāogāo — Terrible, awful; describing a bad or unfortunate situation.

无法

wúfǎ — Unable to, impossible to; lacking ability or means to do.

得到

dédào — To obtain, get, receive; to achieve or acquire something.

改善

gǎishàn — To improve, make better; to enhance a situation or condition.

游历

yóulì — To travel extensively; to journey around gaining experience.

颇多

pō duō — Quite a lot; considerably many in number or amount.

无论

wúlùn — No matter, regardless of; used before any condition.

走到

zǒu dào — To walk to; to go and arrive at a destination.

哪里

nǎlǐ — Where; interrogative or indefinite reference to a place.

商店

shāngdiàn — Shop, store; a place where goods are sold.

办公室

bàngōngshì — Office; a room or building for professional work.

田野

tiányě — Fields and open countryside; rural agricultural land.

中

zhōng — Middle, among, within; used as a locative particle.

那里

nàlǐ — There; pronoun indicating a distant or mentioned place.

居民

jūmín — Residents, inhabitants; people who live in a place.

看来

kànlái — It seems, it appears; expressing an observation or inference.

都

dōu — All, both, every; adverb of totality or inclusion.

以

yǐ — With, by means of; classical preposition indicating method.

千百种

qiān bǎi zhǒng — Thousands of kinds; countless varieties or manners.

令人

lìng rén — To make people feel; causing a certain reaction in others.

称奇

chēng qí — To marvel at; to find something remarkably strange or wonderful.

方式

fāngshì — Way, method, manner; the mode of doing something.

做着

zuò zhe — Doing, engaged in; continuous aspect of performing an action.

苦行

kǔxíng — Asceticism; severe self-discipline or religious self-mortification.

赎罪

shúzuì — Atonement; making amends or paying for one's sins.

所

suǒ — Particle before verbs indicating passive or nominalization.

听说

tīngshuō — To hear that; to have been told or informed about.

过的

guò de — That one has experienced; particle marking past experience.

苦行者

kǔxíngzhě — Ascetic; a person who practices extreme self-discipline or deprivation.

暴露

bàolù — To expose; to subject to or be subjected to something harmful.

于

yú — In, at, to; classical preposition indicating location or relation.

四面

sìmiàn — All four sides; all directions surrounding something.

烈火

lièhuǒ — Raging fire; intense, fierce flames burning strongly.

之中

zhī zhōng — Within, in the midst of; classical locative expression.

直视

zhíshì — To stare directly at; to look straight at without averting eyes.

太阳

tàiyáng — The sun; the star at the center of our solar system.

头朝下

tóu cháo xià — Head downward; with one's head pointing toward the ground.

悬挂

xuánguà — To hang, suspend; to dangle from above.

火焰

huǒyàn — Flame; the visible burning gas produced by fire.

之上

zhī shàng — Above, on top of; classical expression for elevated position.

扭转

niǔzhuǎn — To twist, turn around; to rotate or wrench in a direction.

脖颈

bójǐng — Neck; the part of the body connecting head and torso.

仰望

yǎngwàng — To look up at; to gaze upward with admiration or awe.

天穹

tiānqióng — The vault of heaven; the sky seen as a dome above.

直到

zhídào — Until, up to; indicating a point in time reached.

他们

tāmen — They, them; third-person plural pronoun.

再也

zài yě — Never again, no longer; used with negation for finality.

恢复

huīfù — To recover, restore; to return to a former state or condition.

自然

zìrán — Natural; occurring normally without force or artificiality.

姿势

zīshì — Posture, pose; the position or bearing of the body.

而

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

因

yīn — Because of, due to; classical causal preposition or conjunction.

颈部

jǐngbù — The neck region; the anatomical area of the neck.

扭曲

niǔqū — Twisted, distorted; bent or warped out of natural shape.

除

chú — Except, excluding; apart from a particular thing or person.

液体

yètǐ — Liquid; matter in fluid state, neither solid nor gas.

之外

zhī wài — Outside of, beyond; classical expression for exclusion.

任何

rènhé — Any, whatever; referring to any item without restriction.

东西

dōngxi — Thing, stuff; a general term for objects or matters.

进入

jìnrù — To enter, go into; to pass into a space or state.

胃中

wèi zhōng — Into the stomach; within the stomach organ.

终身

zhōngshēn — For life, lifelong; lasting or continuing throughout one's life.

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives the action.

锁链

suǒliàn — Chains, shackles; metal links used to bind or restrain.

缚于

fù yú — Bound to; fastened or tied to something with restraints.

树根

shùgēn — Tree root; the underground part anchoring a tree.

之下

zhī xià — Below, beneath; classical expression for lower position.

像

xiàng — Like, similar to; used for comparisons or resemblance.

毛毛虫

máomáochóng — Caterpillar; the larval form of a butterfly or moth.

一样

yīyàng — The same as, like; indicating similarity or equivalence.

用

yòng — To use; employing something as a tool or means.

自己

zìjǐ — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring back to the subject.

身体

shēntǐ — Body; the physical form of a person or organism.

丈量

zhàngliáng — To measure; to gauge the size or extent of something.

广袤

guǎngmào — Vast, extensive; describing a wide and expansive territory.

帝国

dìguó — Empire; a large territory ruled by an emperor or supreme power.

幅员

fúyuán — The area or extent of a country's territory.

单腿

dān tuǐ — On one leg; standing or balancing using only one leg.

站立

zhànlì — To stand; to be upright on one's feet.

柱顶

zhù dǐng — Top of a pillar or column; the uppermost part of a post.

即便

jíbiàn — Even if, even though; conceding a hypothetical condition.

有意

yǒuyì — Intentionally, deliberately; done with conscious purpose.

为之

wèi zhī — To do so, for this purpose; classical reference to prior action.

苦修

kǔxiū — Ascetic practice; rigorous spiritual self-discipline and austerity.

形式

xíngshì — Form, format; the shape or manner in which something exists.

也

yě — Also, too; adverb indicating addition or concession.

几乎

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

不比

bù bǐ — Not more than, no better than; negative comparison.

每日

měi rì — Every day, daily; occurring or done each day.

目睹

mùdǔ — To witness, see with one's own eyes; personally observe.

景象

jǐngxiàng — Scene, sight; a view or spectacle that one observes.

更加

gèngjiā — Even more, further; intensifying a comparison or degree.

难以置信

nán yǐ zhì xìn — Unbelievable, incredible; hard to believe or accept.

惊愕

jīng'è — Astonishment, stupefaction; shocked and bewildered reaction.