Words 901–1000
饭
cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee
铺床
to make a bed; to lay bedding
铺
store; plank bed; place to sleep; shop; (old) relay station
屋子
house; room
见
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
之前
before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
拔
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
下来
to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
Particle
背后
behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
用尽
to exhaust; to use up completely
全力
with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)
家
home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
第一
first; most important; primary; foremost
第二
second; number two; next; secondary
第
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dìliù) "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
明白
clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
耍
to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
花招
trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish
一路
the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
正
straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); …
棍子
stick; rod
见状
upon seeing this, ...; in response, ...
不妙
(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
从此
from now on; since then; henceforth
粒
grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc); (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)
Particle
种子
seed
旺
prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring
加里
Gary (name)
伊
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克 (Yīlākè)); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗 (Yīlǎng))
Particle
东非
East Africa
山
mountain; hill (CL:座 (zuò)); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
山腰
the mid-slope of a mountain
田
field; farm
劳作
work; manual labor
呆
foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; foolish; stupid (variant of 呆 (dāi)); expressionless; blank (variant of 呆 (dāi))
在户外
outdoors
农田
farmland; cultivated land
弯
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
刀
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把 (bǎ)); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces); (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 (xiǎngdāotā) "I could kill him!")
劈开
to cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs)
土地
land; soil; territory
播撒
to sow (seeds); to scatter
温暖
warm
泥土
earth; soil; mud; clay
日落
sundown; sunset
时分
time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
当天
on that day
花
flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; also pr. wěi
草草
carelessly; hastily
时
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
迫不及待
(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
想要
to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
父母
father and mother; parents
在家
to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 (chūchāi)); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家 (chūjiā))
说服
to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. shuìfú
读
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
知识
knowledge; intellectual
成绩
achievement; performance records; grades
收到
to receive
美国
United States; USA; US
大学
university; college
录取
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)
信
letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
邀请
to invite; invitation
世界各地
all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world
新鲜
fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
研究
research; a study; to research; to look into
生长
to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
过程
course of events; process
想起
to recall; to think of; to call to mind
玩耍
to play (as children do); to amuse oneself
学
to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
越
to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
热爱
to love ardently; to adore
人民
the people
想念
to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again
非洲
Africa; abbr. for 阿非利加洲 (ĀfēilìjiāZhōu)
家乡
hometown; native place
完成
to complete; to accomplish
学业
studies; schoolwork
祖国
motherland
今非昔比
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
大地
earth; mother earth
建
to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
找不到
can't find
穷苦
impoverished; destitute
日子
day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
饥肠辘辘
(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
教
to teach; to instruct
赚钱
to earn money; moneymaking
补贴
to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit
家用
home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money
使
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
变得
to become
坚强
staunch; strong
勇敢
brave; courageous
时光
time (esp. as sth that passes)
飞逝
(of time) to pass quickly; to be fleeting
长成
to grow up