# This is the vocabulary list (in CEDICT format) # for the story “鹿为什么踏地?” # (“Why Did the Deer Stomp His Foot?”) # by David Hiebeler # http://www.math.umaine.edu/faculty/hiebeler # # The story itself is available from my home page, # http://www.math.umaine.edu/faculty/hiebeler # Just follow the link to my Chinese Resources, # and then the link to my Children's Stories. # # I have included pretty much any term which I # thought may be beyond a typical first-year # Chinese course. # 鹿 [lu4] /deer/ 踏 [ta4] /to stomp (on)/ 发表 [fa1 biao3] /to publish/ 真实 [zhen1 shi2] /true/real/ 森林 [sen1 lin2] /forest/ 平房 [ping2 fang2] /one-story house/ 邻居 [lin2 ju1] /neighbor/ 英里 [ying1 li3] /(measure word) mile/ 风景 [feng1 jing3] /scenery/landscape/ 安静 [an1 jing4] /quiet/peaceful/calm/ 因此 [yin1 ci3] /therefore/for this reason/ 散步 [san4 bu4] /to take a walk/to go for a walk/ 早晨 [zao3 chen2] /morning/ 崎岖 [qi2 qu1] /rugged/ 崎岖小路 [qi2 qu1 xiao3 lu4] /small dirt road/ 校车 [xiao4 che1] /school bus/ 许多 [xu3 duo1] /many/a lot of/much/ 野生 [ye3 sheng1] /wild/undomesticated/ 狐狸 [hu2 li5] /fox/ 兔子 [tu4 zi5] /hare/rabbit/ 野鸭 [ye3 ya1] /wild duck/ 松鼠 [song1 shu3] /squirrel/ 金花鼠 [jin1 hua1 shu3] /chipmunk/ 不管 [bu4 guan3] /no matter what/ 立刻 [li4 ke4] /immediately/at once/ 逃 [tao2] /to escape/to run away/to flee/ 级 [ji2] /grade/ 四年级 [si4 nian2 ji2] /fourth grade/ 往 [wang3] /to go (to a place or in a direction)/ 忽然 [hu1 ran2] /suddenly/all of a sudden/ 站 [zhan4] /to stand/to stop/ 雄鹿 [xiong2 lu4] /male deer/buck/ 角 [jiao3] /horn/antler/ 体态 [ti3 tai4] /poise/stature/ 雄壮 [xiong2 zhuang4] /powerful/majestic/ 停 [ting2] /to stop/to come to a stop/ 英尺 [ying1 chi3] /foot (unit of measurement, 12 inches)/ 左右 [zuo3 you4] /approximately/roughly/about/ 欣赏 [xin1 shang3] /to appreciate/to enjoy/to admire/ 奇怪 [qi2 guai4] /strange/ 互相 [hu4 xiang1] /each other/mutually/ 动 [dong4] /to move/ 突然 [tu1 ran2] /suddenly/ 提 [ti2] /to lift/to raise/ 腿 [tui3] /leg/ 用力 [yong4 li4] /forcefully/to exert one's strength/ 似乎 [si4 hu5] /it seems/as if/ 试探 [shi4 tan4] /to sound out/to feel out/to probe/to explore/ 反应 [fan3 ying4] /response/reaction/ 完全 [wan2 quan2] /complete/whole/totally/entirely/ 动作 [dong4 zuo4] /movement/motion/action/ 攻击 [gong1 ji1] /to attack/to assault/ 撞 [zhuang4] /to run into/to bump against/to knock against/ 生气 [sheng1 qi4] /to get angry/to be enraged/ 本能 [ben3 neng2] /instinct/ 于是 [yu2 shi4] /thereupon/then/thus/consequently/as a result/ 假装 [jia3 zhuang1] /to pretend/to feign/ 僵持 [jiang1 chi2] /(of both parties) to refuse to budge/to reach a deadlock/ 终于 [zhong1 yu2] /at last/in the end/finally/ 喷 [pen1] /to spurt/to spout/ 鼻息 [bi2 xi1] /breath/ 交流 [jiao1 liu2] /exchange/to exchange/to communicate/ 领土 [ling3 tu3] /territory/ 据说 [ju4 shuo1] /it is said/allegedly/ 不容 [bu4 rong2] /not tolerate/not allow/ 侵犯 [qin1 fan4] /to intrude/to encroach upon/ 恐怕 [kong3 pa4] /I'm afraid/perhaps/ 由余 [you2 yu2] /owing to/thanks to/as a result of/ 坚持 [jian1 chi2] /to persist in/to persevere in/ 认输 [ren4 shu1] /to admit defeat/ 另外 [ling4 wai4] /besides/separately/another/in addition/ 后悔 [hou4 hui3] /to regret/to repent/ 当时 [dang1 shi2] /then/at that time/ 弄 [nong4] /to do/to make/ 流离失所 [liu2 li2 shi1 suo3] /to aimlessly wander about homeless/ 替 [ti4] /on behalf of/for/ 担心 [dan1 xin1] /to worry/to feel anxious/ 生态学 [sheng1 tai4 xue2] /ecology/ 通过 [tong1 guo4] /by means of/by way of/ 吓唬 [xia4 hu5] /to frighten/to scare/to intimidate/ 警告 [jing3 gao4] /to warn/to caution/to admonish/ 通常 [tong1 chang2] /usually/generally/ 挥动 [hui1 dong4] /to wave/to wield/ 尾巴 [wei3 ba5] /tail/ 假如 [jia3 ru2] /if/supposing/in case/ 放心 [fang4 xin1] /to set one's mind at rest/to be at ease/to rest/ 并 [bing4] /and/(not) at all/ 侵占 [qin1 zhan4] /to invade and occupy/to sieze/ 大约 [da4 yue1] /approximately/about/ 等于 [deng3 yu2] /to be equal to/ 公里 [gong1 li3] /(measure word) kilometer/km/ 米 [mi3] /(measure word) meter/