Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 12

Vocabulary

这

zhè — This; used to indicate something nearby.

不是

bù shì — Is not; negation of identity or existence.

我

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

锄地

chú dì — To hoe the ground; till soil with a hoe.

时

shí — When; at the time of; moment.

心中

xīn zhōng — In one's heart; within the mind.

所想

suǒ xiǎng — What one thinks or imagines; thoughts.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

那种

nà zhǒng — That kind of; that type of thing.

光芒

guāng máng — Rays of light; radiance; brilliant gleam.

星辰

xīng chén — Stars; celestial bodies in the sky.

是

shì — To be; is; am; are.

何等

hé děng — How; what a; to what degree.

奇妙

qí miào — Wonderful; marvelous; mysteriously fascinating.

三角形

sān jiǎo xíng — Triangle; a three-sided geometric shape.

顶点

dǐng diǎn — Apex; vertex; topmost point of a shape.

啊

a — Ah; exclamatory particle expressing emotion.

宇宙

yǔ zhòu — Universe; cosmos; all of outer space.

中

zhōng — In; inside; middle; within a space.

各个

gè gè — Each; every individual one of a group.

殿堂

diàn táng — Hall; palace; grand ceremonial building.

里

lǐ — Inside; within; interior of a place.

那些

nà xiē — Those; referring to plural distant things.

遥远

yáo yuǎn — Distant; far away; remote in space or time.

而

ér — And; yet; but; connecting contrasting clauses.

各异

gè yì — Each different; varying; all distinct from one another.

生灵

shēng líng — Living beings; all creatures; sentient life.

此刻

cǐ kè — At this moment; right now; this instant.

正

zhèng — Just; exactly; currently in the process of.

同时

tóng shí — At the same time; simultaneously; concurrently.

凝望

níng wàng — To gaze fixedly; stare intently at something.

着

zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing or continuous action.

同一

tóng yī — The same; one and the same; identical.

颗

kē — Measure word for small round objects like stars.

星

xīng — Star; celestial body visible in the sky.

自然

zì rán — Nature; natural world; occurring without human intervention.

与

yǔ — And; with; together with something else.

人类

rén lèi — Humanity; humankind; the human species.

生活

shēng huó — Life; daily living; way of living.

如同

rú tóng — Just like; similar to; as though.

我们

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

各自

gè zì — Each; individually; on one's own respective basis.

禀性

bǐng xìng — Innate nature; inherent character; natural disposition.

一样

yī yàng — The same; alike; identical in quality or manner.

千变万化

qiān biàn wàn huà — Infinitely varied; ever-changing; countless transformations.

谁

shéi — Who; which person; interrogative pronoun.

能

néng — Can; able to; to have the ability.

说清楚

shuō qīng chǔ — To explain clearly; make something fully understood.

生命

shēng mìng — Life; living existence; vitality of a being.

向

xiàng — Toward; facing; in the direction of.

他人

tā rén — Others; other people; someone else.

展示

zhǎn shì — To display; show; present something to others.

怎样

zěn yàng — How; in what way; what kind of.

一番

yī fān — A kind of; a round of; some sort.

前景

qián jǐng — Prospect; foreground; future outlook or perspective.

还有

hái yǒu — And also; there is still; furthermore.

什么

shén me — What; which thing; interrogative pronoun.

奇迹

qí jì — Miracle; wonder; an extraordinary amazing event.

比得上

bǐ de shàng — Can compare to; be as good as; match.

瞬间

shùn jiān — Instant; in a flash; a very brief moment.

透过

tòu guò — Through; by means of; looking through something.

彼此

bǐ cǐ — Each other; one another; mutually between two parties.

眼睛

yǎn jīng — Eyes; the organs used for seeing.

去

qù — To go; to leave; directional or purposive verb.

观看

guān kàn — To watch; observe; view something attentively.

世界

shì jiè — World; the earth; all of human society.

将

jiāng — Will; about to; future tense marker.

在

zài — At; in; to be located at a place.

一个

yī gè — One; a single; measure word for general objects.

小时

xiǎo shí — Hour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes.

内

nèi — Within; inside; interior of a time or space.

经历

jīng lì — To experience; undergo; personal life experience.

所有

suǒ yǒu — All; every; everything that exists.

时代

shí dài — Era; age; historical period of time.

是的

shì de — Yes; that is correct; affirmative confirmation.

历史

lì shǐ — History; the record of past events.

诗歌

shī gē — Poetry; poems; verse as a literary form.

神话

shén huà — Myth; mythology; legendary ancient stories.

不知道

bù zhī dào — Don't know; to be unaware of something.

阅读

yuè dú — To read; reading as an activity or skill.

经验

jīng yàn — Experience; knowledge gained through practice.

方式

fāng shì — Method; way; manner of doing something.

如此

rú cǐ — So; like this; to such a degree.

令人

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

震撼

zhèn hàn — To shake deeply; profoundly moving; awe-inspiring.

启迪

qǐ dí — To enlighten; inspire; open the mind.

内心

nèi xīn — Inner heart; innermost feelings; one's deep self.

深处

shēn chù — The depths; deep within; innermost part.

相信

xiāng xìn — To believe; trust; have faith in something.

邻人

lín rén — Neighbor; person living nearby; fellow person.

们

men — Plural suffix for pronouns and people nouns.

称之为

chēng zhī wéi — To call it; refer to something as.

善

shàn — Good; virtuous; morally positive quality.

事物

shì wù — Things; objects; matters; phenomena in general.

大半

dà bàn — More than half; the greater part; mostly.

其实

qí shí — Actually; in fact; as a matter of fact.

恶

è — Evil; wicked; morally bad quality or act.

如果

rú guǒ — If; supposing that; conditional conjunction.

要

yào — Want to; need to; going to do something.

悔恨

huǐ hèn — To regret deeply; remorse; bitter repentance.

那

nà — That; then; referring to something previously mentioned.

很可能

hěn kě néng — Very likely; probably; with high probability.

正是

zhèng shì — It is precisely; exactly; that is just it.

良好

liáng hǎo — Good; fine; satisfactory; in a good state.

行为

xíng wéi — Behavior; action; conduct; way of acting.

究竟

jiū jìng — After all; exactly; used for emphasis in questions.

恶魔

è mó — Demon; devil; an evil malevolent spirit.

附了

fù le — Possessed; attached to; clung onto (a body).

身

shēn — Body; one's physical person or self.

让

ràng — To let; allow; cause someone to do something.

表现

biǎo xiàn — To behave; perform; show; express oneself outwardly.

得

de — Complement particle linking verb to degree/result.

规矩

guī ju — Well-behaved; proper; following rules and norms.

老人

lǎo rén — Old person; elderly man or woman; elder.

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.

尽可

jìn kě — Feel free to; by all means; go ahead.

说出

shuō chū — To say out; speak out; utter something aloud.

所能

suǒ néng — What one can; everything within one's ability.

说的

shuō de — What is said; the words spoken by someone.

最

zuì — Most; the superlative degree modifier.

睿智

ruì zhì — Wise; sagacious; having deep insight and wisdom.

话

huà — Words; speech; spoken language; what is said.

活了

huó le — Have lived; survived to; been alive for a period.

七十年

qī shí nián — Seventy years; a period of seven decades.

也曾

yě céng — Have also once; used to as well.

享有

xiǎng yǒu — To enjoy; possess; have the benefit of.

某种

mǒu zhǒng — A certain kind; some type of thing.

荣耀

róng yào — Glory; honor; splendor; great distinction.

然而

rán ér — However; yet; but; nevertheless; contrasting conjunction.

听到

tīng dào — To hear; to catch the sound of something.

无法

wú fǎ — Unable to; cannot; have no way to.

抗拒

kàng jù — To resist; defy; refuse to submit to.

声音

shēng yīn — Sound; voice; an audible noise or call.

召唤

zhào huàn — To summon; call; beckon someone to come.

离开

lí kāi — To leave; depart from; go away from.

这一切

zhè yī qiè — All of this; everything here; all these things.

一代

yī dài — One generation; a single generational period.

人

rén — Person; people; human being.

抛弃

pāo qì — To abandon; discard; forsake someone or something.

另一

lìng yī — Another; the other one; a different one.

代人

dài rén — Generation of people; people of a given era.

事业

shì yè — Career; cause; undertaking; life's work.

遗弃

yí qì — To desert; abandon; leave behind permanently.

搁浅

gē qiǎn — To run aground; be stranded; stuck and stalled.

船只

chuán zhī — Vessels; ships; watercraft of various types.

认为

rèn wéi — To think; believe; consider; hold an opinion.

可以

kě yǐ — Can; may; it is permissible to do.

比

bǐ — Than; compared to; comparison marker.

现在

xiàn zài — Now; at present; the current moment.

更多

gèng duō — More; even more; a greater quantity or degree.

地

de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb.

信赖

xìn lài — To trust; rely on; have confidence in.

这是

zhè shì — This is; used to identify or introduce something.

安全

ān quán — Safe; secure; free from danger or risk.

放弃

fàng qì — To give up; abandon; relinquish something.

对

duì — Toward; regarding; correct; facing something.

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself; one's own self; reflexive pronoun.

照料

zhào liào — To take care of; look after; attend to needs.

其

qí — Its; their; his/her; third-person possessive pronoun.

程度

chéng dù — Degree; extent; level of something.

恰好

qià hǎo — Exactly; just right; precisely as needed.

等于

děng yú — Equal to; equivalent to; amounts to.

真诚

zhēn chéng — Sincere; genuine; honest and heartfelt.

施予

shī yǔ — To give; bestow; grant something to others.

软弱

ruǎn ruò — Weak; feeble; lacking strength or firmness.

力量

lì liàng — Strength; power; force; capacity to act.

同样

tóng yàng — Equally; likewise; in the same way.

适应

shì yìng — To adapt; adjust; become suited to conditions.

相宜

xiāng yí — Appropriate; suitable; fitting for the situation.