Words 1401–1500
提
to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
鸟笼
birdcage
凑
to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
背着
carrying on one's back
书包
schoolbag; satchel; bookbag
小孩
child
睡眼惺忪
(idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep
被
quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
家长
head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
拉
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
之外
outside; excluding
高楼大厦
tall building
苏醒
to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
藏
to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
另一
another ...; the other ...
缓慢
slow; unhurried; sluggish
面孔
face
窄
narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
并排
side by side; abreast
电线
wire; power cord
外挂
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on; special software used to cheat in an online game
竹竿
bamboo pole
架
to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
两边
either side; both sides
晾
to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder
被子
blanket; quilt
鞋
shoe
老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; …
师傅
master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
摆
to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum; hem (at the bottom of a garment)
工具
tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
卖
to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
推
to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; …
喊
to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
混
to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless
闹钟
alarm clock
大多
for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
彼此
each other; one another
考上
to gain admission or secure a position by passing an exam
整条
entire; whole (fish, road etc)
拆
to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
掉
to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; …
盖
lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
起
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; …
拍照
to take a picture
网络
network; Internet
时代
Time, US weekly news magazine
友情
friendly feelings; friendship
社交媒体
social media
百
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
半夜
midnight; in the middle of the night
点赞
to like; to upvote (on social media)
倾听
to listen attentively
婚礼
wedding ceremony; wedding
有时
sometimes; now and then
感到
to feel; to sense; to perceive
奇怪
strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
距离
distance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from
亲近
(of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
数字
numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)
关系
relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect; guanxi (personal connections)
取代
to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
面对面
face to face
联系
connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch
上周
last week
特意
specially; intentionally
约
to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
老朋友
old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
上次
last time
友谊
companionship; fellowship; friendship
空间
space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
一块
a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qínggǎnzhèyīkuài) "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
屏幕
screen (TV, computer or movie)
聊
(coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
小事
trifle; trivial matter
父母
father and mother; parents
那种
that kind of
不了
(as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 个 (ge) + ~) without end; incessantly
并
and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge; to amalgamate
Conjunction
了解
to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
离婚
to divorce
发
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
朋友圈
Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信 (Wēixìn))
看不见
cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
心情
mood; frame of mind
正是
is precisely
真实
true; real
端午节
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
来历
history; antecedents; origin
五月
May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
初
(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 (chūsān) "the third"
纪念
to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
爱国
to love one's country; patriotic
诗人
bard; poet
屈原
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辞
灭亡
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
悲愤
grief and indignation
投入
to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
汨罗江
Miluo River in Hunan province, tributary of the Xiang River 湘江 (XiāngJiāng), flows into Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 (DòngtíngHú)