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Pinyora graded readers: 102 short texts, easiest first

2456 words, in teaching order

Words 2301–2400
赦免shèmiǎn
to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment
顺shùn
to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
流liú
to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
快意kuàiyì
pleased; elated
一日千里yīrìqiānlǐ
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
绝景juéjǐng
stunning scenery
险xiǎn
danger; dangerous; rugged
途tú
way; route; road
江面jiāngmiàn
the surface of the river
沉船chénchuán
shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship
纤夫qiànfū
burlak (barge hauler)
赤chì
red; scarlet; bare; naked
脚jiǎo
foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks
前行qiánxíng
(literary) to go forward
世纪末shìjìmò
end of the century
水电站shuǐdiànzhàn
hydroelectric power plant
防洪fánghóng
flood control; flood prevention
能力nénglì
capability; ability
水位shuǐwèi
water level
上升shàngshēng
to rise; to go up; to ascend
淹没yānmò
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
村庄cūnzhuāng
village; hamlet
城镇chéngzhèn
town; cities and towns
万人wànrén
ten thousand people; all the people; everyman
祖祖辈辈zǔzǔbèibèi
for generations; from generation to generation
土地tǔdì
land; soil; territory
古迹gǔjì
place of historic interest; historical site
整体zhěngtǐ
whole; entirety; overall; whole; general; on the whole; overall
沉chén
to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
水下shuǐxià
under the water; submarine
游船yóuchuán
pleasure boat; cruise ship
平稳píngwěn
smooth; steady
驶shǐ
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go; (of a boat) to sail
举jǔ
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; …
宽阔kuānkuò
expansive; wide; width; thickness
听不见tīngbujiàn
not be able to hear
原来yuánlái
original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
节气jiéqi
solar term
日历rìlì
calendar
分辨fēnbiàn
to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve
切成qiēchéng
to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred
大约dàyuē
approximately; probably
本身běnshēn
itself; in itself; per se
立春Lìchūn
Lichun or Beginning of Spring, 1st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 (èrshísìjiéqi) 4th-18th February
惊蛰Jīngzhé
Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 6th-20th March
清明Qīngmíng
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 (èrshísìjiéqi) 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
芒种Mángzhòng
Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 6th-20th June
霜降Shuāngjiàng
Shuangjiang or Frost Descends, 18th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 23rd October-6th November
大寒Dàhán
Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
春chūn
spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
雷léi
thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 (dìléi) land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
冬眠dōngmián
to hibernate; hibernation
虫子chóngzi
insect; bug; worm
惊醒jīngxǐng
to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
瓜guā
melon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
农民nóngmín
peasant; farmer
插秧chāyāng
to transplant rice seedlings
树叶shùyè
tree leaves
落下luòxià
to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)
天上tiānshàng
the sky; the heavens
地上dìshang
on the ground; on the floor
农事nóngshì
farming task
精密jīngmì
accuracy; exact; precise; refined
仪器yíqì
instrument; apparatus
观察guānchá
to observe; to watch; to survey
背诵bèisòng
to recite; to repeat from memory
句子jùzi
sentence
大多数dàduōshù
(great) majority
种地zhòngdì
to farm; to work the land
似乎sìhū
it seems; seemingly; as if
冬至Dōngzhì
Winter Solstice, 22nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 22nd December-5th January
包饺子bāojiǎozi
to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)
仍旧réngjiù
still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
祖先zǔxiān
ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
扫墓sǎomù
to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
准确zhǔnquè
accurate; exact; precise
别的biéde
else; other
光guāng
light; ray (CL:道 (dào)); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
列入lièrù
to include on a list
提到tídào
to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
处chǔ
to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; …
酒伴jiǔbàn
drinking buddy
背bèi
the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
疑yí
(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
霜shuāng
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
望wàng
full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards; 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
低头dītóu
to bow the head; to yield; to give in
思sī
to think; to consider
尽jǐn
to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
游子yóuzǐ
person living or traveling far from home
身边shēnbiān
at one's side; on hand
官guān
government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body