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Mandarin · Chapter 20

Compound directional complements

9 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.

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  1. Lesson 1 · Words 1702-1712

    Words 1702 to 1712

    1702吉米jí mǐJimmy (given name)noun
    1703停车tíng chēto park, to stop a vehicleverb
    1704现实xiàn shíreality, realistic, actualnoun
    1705牺牲xī shēngto sacrifice, sacrifice, to give upverb
    1706胜利shèng lìvictory, to win, triumphnoun
    1707好消息hǎo xiāo xīgood newsnoun
    1709tiáo(measure word for long thin things), strip, itemmeasure word
    1710引起yǐn qǐto cause, to give rise to, to attractverb
    1711醒来xǐng láito wake up, to awakenverb
    1712zhūpig, hog, swinenoun
  2. Lesson 2 · Words 1714-1723

    Words 1714 to 1723

    1714下车xià chēto get off a vehicle, to alightverb
    1715不许bù xǔnot allowed, must not, to forbidverb
    1716颜色yán sècolour, huenoun
    1717有用yǒu yònguseful, of useadjective
    1718暂时zàn shítemporary, for the time being, momentarilyadverb
    1719投票tóu piàoto vote, to cast a ballotverb
    1720证人zhèng rénwitnessnoun
    1721想像xiǎng xiàngto imagine, imaginationverb
    1722niǎobirdnoun
    1723全世界quán shì jièthe whole world, worldwidenoun
  3. Lesson 3 · Words 1725-1736

    Words 1725 to 1736

    1725迈克mài kèMike (given name)noun
    1726拍摄pāi shèto shoot (a film or photo), to filmverb
    1727冒险mào xiǎnto take a risk, to venture, adventureverb
    1728部队bù duìarmy, troops, military unitnoun
    1729王子wáng zǐprincenoun
    1730发展fā zhǎnto develop, development, growthverb
    1731顺利shùn lìsmooth, going well, without a hitchadjective
    1732甜心tián xīnsweetheart, darlingnoun
    1733谈话tán huàto talk, conversation, talkverb
    1736吸血鬼xī xuè guǐvampirenoun
  4. Lesson 4 · Words 1737-1749

    Words 1737 to 1749

    1737a bamboo fish trap (rare)noun
    1738zhāng(measure word for flat objects), to open, to spread, a surnamemeasure word
    1739吸引xī yǐnto attract, to draw in, to appeal toverb
    1741字幕组zì mù zǔsubtitling group, fansub teamnoun
    1742动手dòng shǒuto start work, to get to work, to lay hands onverb
    1743老实lǎo shíhonest, frank, well-behavedadjective
    1744比利bǐ lìBilly (given name)noun
    1747激动jī dòngexcited, stirred up, movedadjective
    1748条件tiáo jiàncondition, requirement, termsnoun
    1749báiwhite, blank, in vain, plainlyadjective
  5. Lesson 6 · Words 1750-1760

    Words 1750 to 1760

    1750特工tè gōngsecret agent, special agent, spynoun
    1751to crawl, to climb, to clamberverb
    1752guānglight, ray, bare, used up, onlynoun
    1753fivenumeral
    1754早餐zǎo cānbreakfastnoun
    1755追踪zhuī zōngto track, to trace, to follow upverb
    1757废话fèi huànonsense, rubbish, idle talknoun
    1758演员yǎn yuánactor, actress, performernoun
    1759hēngto hum, to groan, hmph (snort of contempt)interjection
    1760亲自qīn zìpersonally, in person, oneselfadverb
  6. Lesson 7 · Words 1762-1774

    Words 1762 to 1774

    1762所谓suǒ wèiso-called, what is called, allegedadjective
    1764复杂fù zácomplicated, complexadjective
    1765学会xué huìto learn (to master), to learn how toverb
    1766距离jù lídistance, to be apart fromnoun
    1767同性恋tóng xìng liànhomosexuality, homosexual personnoun
    1769wàioutside, external, foreignnoun
    1770to send out, to issue, to developverb
    1772好笑hǎo xiàofunny, amusing, laughableadjective
    1773碰到pèng dàoto run into, to bump into, to encounterverb
    1774受不了shòu bù liǎocannot bear it, cannot stand it, unbearableverb
  7. Lesson 8 · Words 1777-1788

    Words 1777 to 1788

    1777成员chéng yuánmembernoun
    1779绑架bǎng jiàto kidnap, to abduct, kidnappingverb
    1780即将jí jiāngabout to, on the point of, soonadverb
    1781发射fā shèto launch, to fire, to emitverb
    1782chōuto draw out, to take out, to smoke, to lashverb
    1783威尔wēi ěrWill, Wil (given name)noun
    1785tòngto ache, pain, painful, deeplyadjective
    1786魔法mó fǎmagic, sorcery, witchcraftnoun
    1787这才zhè cáionly then, only at this pointadverb
    1788莎拉shā lāSarah (given name)noun
  8. Lesson 10 · Words 1789-1800

    Words 1789 to 1800

    1789把手bǎ shǒuhandle, gripnoun
    1790分享fēn xiǎngto share, to share inverb
    1793chōngto rush, to dash, to rinse, to charge forwardverb
    1794然而rán érhowever, yet, neverthelessconjunction
    1795感激gǎn jīto be grateful, to feel deeply thankfulverb
    1796同事tóng shìcolleague, co-workernoun
    1797shōuto receive, to collect, to put away, to harvestverb
    1798神秘shén mìmysterious, mysticaladjective
    1799上尉shàng wèicaptain (military rank)noun
    1800miànface, surface, side, noodles, flournoun
  9. Lesson 11 · Words 1768-1768

    Words 1768 to 1768

    1768department (faculty), system, to tie, to relate tonoun