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cihui liang

n.

size of one's vocabulary, number of words a person knows, number of dictionary entries

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cihui

n.

vocabulary

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liang

n.

capacity, amount

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jiaoshi

n.

classroom

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feichang

adv.

extroardinarily, unusually, extremely

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da

adj.

big, large

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zhi

adv.

only

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huabao

n.

a heavily illustrated magazine; lit. pictorial

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hua(r)

n.

picture, painting

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shengci

n.

new vocabulary, vocabulary word

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sheng

adj.

unfamiliar, strange

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ci

n.

word

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juzi

n.

sentance

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cha

v.

to check, to look up

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cidian

n.

dictionary

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bang mang

v. obj.

to help out, to lend a hand, to do a favor

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bang

v. 

to help

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shi

v.

to test, to experiment, to try

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liang

num.

two

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bai

num.

(one) hundred

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wei

m.w.

measure word often used with a title to show respect or social formality

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yuelanshi

n.

reading room

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yuelan

v.

to read, to browse

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shihou

n.

(duration of or point of) time

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zhen

adv.

 really, truly

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tao

m.w.

a set of clothes, books, etc

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ben

m.w.

measure word used for books or magazines

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haokan

adj.

nice-looking

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zhang

m.w.

measure word used for papers, newpapers, and other flat things

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du

v.

to read, to read aloud

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kuai

adv.

quick, fast

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ji

v.

to be anxious (about)

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zhao ji

v. and adj.

to feel anxious, to worry

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yinwei

conj.

because

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Dongya

East Asia

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xi zhuren

n.

department chair

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xi mishu

n.

department secretary

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Han Ying cidian

n.

Chinese-English dictionary

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zidian

n.

dictionary

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kewen

n.

lesson text

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wenke

n.

humanities subjects, humanities major

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like

n.

science subjects, science major

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gongke

n.

engineering subjects, engineering major

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yangjiusheng

n.

graduate student

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benkesheng

n.

undergraduate students

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ji le / si le

suff.

(colloq./slang) extremely, exceedingly

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tai bang le

phr.

(colloq./slang) excellent, "really great"

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liaobuqi

adj.

admirable

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o

interj.

"Oh!" This is similar to the English interjection "Oh!" which indicates sudden realization.

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lou yi shou

v. phr.

to show off: (lit.) to show one's hand