狂人日記 Diary of a Madman

，。Tonight, the moonlight is very fine.

，；I have not seen it for more than thirty years;，。seeing it today, my spirits are exceptionally lifted.，；Only now do I realize that the past thirty-odd years have all been spent in a daze;。Still, I must be extremely careful.，，？Otherwise, why would that dog of the Zhao family have looked at me twice?

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
不見: bù jiàn — 1. not to see 2. not to meet 3. to have disappeared 4. to be missing (HSK 6)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
已: yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
三十: sān shí — 1. thirty 2. 30
多年: duō nián — 1. many years 2. for many years 3. longstanding (HSK 4)
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
見: jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
精神: jīng shén — 1. spirit 2. mind 3. consciousness 4. thought 5. mental 6. psychological 7. essence 8. gist 9. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
分外: fèn wài — 1. exceptionally 2. not one's responsibility or job (HSK 7-9)
爽快: shuǎng kuai — 1. refreshed 2. rejuvenated 3. frank and straightforward (HSK 7-9)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
知道: zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)
以前: yǐ qián — 1. before 2. formerly 3. previous 4. ago (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
三十: sān shí — 1. thirty 2. 30
多年: duō nián — 1. many years 2. for many years 3. longstanding (HSK 4)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
發昏: fā hūn — to faint
然而: rán ér — however; but; yet (HSK 4)
須: xū — 1. must 2. to have to 3. to wait (HSK 7-9)
十分: shí fēn — 1. very 2. completely 3. utterly 4. extremely 5. absolutely 6. hundred percent 7. to divide into ten equal parts (HSK 2)
小心: xiǎo xīn — 1. to be careful 2. to take care (HSK 2)
不然: bù rán — 1. not so 2. no 3. or else 4. otherwise 5. if not 6. How about ...? (HSK 4)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
家的: jiā de — (old) wife
狗: gǒu — 1. dog 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)
何以: hé yǐ — 1. (literary) why 2. how
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
兩: liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)
眼: yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)
呢: ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

。My fear is not without reason.

，。Today there is no moonlight at all; I know this bodes ill.，：，。This morning I went out cautiously, and Zhao Guiweng's look was strange: as if he feared me, as if he wanted to harm me.，。There were also seven or eight others, heads together, whispering about me.。Yet afraid I would see them.，。All the people along the way were like this.，，；The fiercest one among them opened his mouth and gave me a smile;，，。a chill ran straight from my head to my heels, and I knew their arrangements were already complete.

今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
沒: méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)
月光: yuè guāng — moonlight
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
知道: zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)
不妙: bù miào — 1. (of a turn of events) not too encouraging 2. far from good 3. anything but reassuring
早上: zǎo shang — 1. early morning 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)
小心: xiǎo xīn — 1. to be careful 2. to take care (HSK 2)
出門: chū mén — 1. to go out 2. to leave home 3. to go on a journey 4. away from home 5. (of a woman) to get married (HSK 2)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
貴: Guì — short name for Guizhou 貴州 (Guì zhōu) (HSK 1)
翁: Wēng — surname Weng
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
眼色: yǎn sè — 1. signal made with one's eyes 2. meaningful glance (HSK 7-9)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
怪: guài — 1. odd; strange; uncanny 2. (bound form) monster; supernatural being 3. to find strange; to regard as odd 4. to blame 5. (coll.) somewhat; rather (HSK 4)
似乎: sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
似乎: sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
害: hài — 1. to do harm to 2. to cause trouble to 3. harm 4. evil 5. calamity (HSK 5)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
還有: hái yǒu — 1. there still remain(s); there is (or are) still 2. in addition (HSK 1)
七: qī — 1. seven 2. 7 (HSK 1)
八: bā — eight (HSK 1)
個人: gè rén — an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own (HSK 3)
交頭接耳: jiāo tóu jiē ěr — to whisper to one another's ear (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
議論: yì lùn — 1. to comment 2. to talk about 3. to discuss 4. discussion 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 4)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
看見: kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)
一路上: yī lù shàng — 1. along the way 2. the whole way 3. (fig.) the whole time (HSK 6)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
如此: rú cǐ — like this; so; such (HSK 5)
其中: qí zhōng — 1. among 2. in 3. included among these (HSK 2)
最: zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)
兇: xiōng — 1. terrible 2. fearful (HSK 6)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
一個人: yī gè rén — 1. by oneself (without assistance) 2. alone (without company)
張: Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
從頭: cóng tóu — 1. anew 2. from the start (HSK 7-9)
直: Zhí — 1. surname Zhi 2. Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God (HSK 3)
冷: Lěng — surname Leng (HSK 1)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
腳跟: jiǎo gēn — heel
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
布置: bù zhì — 1. to arrange; to set up; to lay out 2. to assign (tasks, homework etc) (HSK 4)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
已: yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)
妥當: tuǒ dang — 1. appropriate 2. proper 3. ready (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

，。But I was not afraid, and went on my way just the same.，；Ahead, a group of children were also discussing me there;，。their looks were the same as Zhao Guiweng's, and their faces were all iron-blue.，。I wondered what grudge I could have with children, that they too should be like this.：『！』。I could not help calling out loudly, 'Tell me!' But they ran off.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
可不: kě bu — see 可不是 (kě bu shì)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
仍舊: réng jiù — 1. still (remaining) 2. to remain (the same) 3. yet (HSK 5)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
路: Lù — surname Lu (HSK 1)
前面: qián miàn — 1. ahead 2. in front 3. preceding 4. above 5. also pr. (qián mian) (HSK 3)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
小孩子: xiǎo hái zi — child
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
那里: nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)
議論: yì lùn — 1. to comment 2. to talk about 3. to discuss 4. discussion 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 4)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
眼色: yǎn sè — 1. signal made with one's eyes 2. meaningful glance (HSK 7-9)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
貴: Guì — short name for Guizhou 貴州 (Guì zhōu) (HSK 1)
翁: Wēng — surname Weng
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)
臉色: liǎn sè — 1. complexion 2. look (HSK 5)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
鐵: Tiě — surname Tie (HSK 3)
靑: qīng — variant of 青 (qīng)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
小孩子: xiǎo hái zi — child
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
讎: chóu — variant of 仇 (chóu) (HSK 7-9)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
這樣: zhè yàng — 1. this way; like this; so 2. (before a noun) this kind of; such (HSK 2)
忍不住: rěn bu zhù — 1. cannot help 2. unable to bear (HSK 5)
大聲: dà shēng — 1. loud voice 2. in a loud voice 3. loudly (HSK 2)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
吿: gào — variant of 告 (gào)
訴: sù — 1. to complain 2. to sue 3. to tell
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
可就: kě jiù — certainly
跑: páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

：，；I thought: what grudge do I have with Zhao Guiweng, or with the people along the road;，，，。the only thing is that twenty years ago I trampled on Mr. Gu Jiu's old ledger book, and Mr. Gu Jiu was very displeased.，，；Though Zhao Guiweng does not know him, he must have heard the rumor and taken up the grievance on his behalf;，。and arranged with the people on the road to be my enemies.？But what about the children?，，，，。At that time they had not yet been born, so why should they too today stare with strange eyes, as if they feared me, as if they wanted to harm me?，。This truly frightens me, bewilders me, and grieves me.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
貴: Guì — short name for Guizhou 貴州 (Guì zhōu) (HSK 1)
翁: Wēng — surname Weng
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
讎: chóu — variant of 仇 (chóu) (HSK 7-9)
同路: tóng lù — to go the same way
上: shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
讎: chóu — variant of 仇 (chóu) (HSK 7-9)
只有: zhǐ yǒu — 1. only have ...; there is only ... 2. (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng quán yù) "the only way to cure it is with therapy") 3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 (zhǐ yǒu nán xìng cái yǒu cǐ xū yào) "only men would have such a requirement") 4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 (zhǐ yǒu qū fú) "the only thing you can do is give in") (HSK 3)
廿: niàn — twenty
年: Nián — surname Nian (HSK 1)
以前: yǐ qián — 1. before 2. formerly 3. previous 4. ago (HSK 2)
把: bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)
古: Gǔ — surname Gu (HSK 3)
久: jiǔ — (of a period of time) long (HSK 3)
先生: xiān sheng — 1. teacher 2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) 3. husband 4. (dialect) doctor 5. classifier: 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
陳年: chén nián — 1. (of wine) aged 2. (of debts etc) old; longstanding
流水: liú shuǐ — 1. running water 2. (business) turnover (HSK 7-9)
簿子: bù zi — 1. notebook 2. book
踹: chuài — 1. to kick 2. to trample 3. to tread on (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
腳: jiǎo — 1. foot 2. leg (of an animal or an object) 3. base (of an object) 4. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) 5. classifier for kicks (HSK 2)
古: Gǔ — surname Gu (HSK 3)
久: jiǔ — (of a period of time) long (HSK 3)
先生: xiān sheng — 1. teacher 2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) 3. husband 4. (dialect) doctor 5. classifier: 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)
很: hěn — 1. very; quite 2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
高興: gāo xìng — 1. happy 2. glad 3. willing (to do sth) 4. in a cheerful mood (HSK 1)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
貴: Guì — short name for Guizhou 貴州 (Guì zhōu) (HSK 1)
翁: Wēng — surname Weng
雖然: suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
認識: rèn shi — 1. to know 2. to recognize 3. to be familiar with 4. to get acquainted with sb 5. knowledge 6. understanding 7. awareness 8. cognition (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
一定: yī dìng — 1. surely; certainly; definitely 2. fixed; settled 3. a certain ...; a given ... (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
聽到: tīng dào — to hear (HSK 1)
風聲: fēng shēng — 1. sound of the wind 2. rumor 3. talk 4. news 5. reputation
代: dài — 1. to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute 2. generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon (HSK 3)
抱不平: bào bù píng — to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)
約定: yuē dìng — 1. to agree on sth (after discussion) 2. to conclude a bargain 3. to arrange 4. to promise 5. to stipulate 6. to make an appointment 7. stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) 8. an arrangement 9. a deal 10. appointment 11. undertaking 12. commitment 13. understanding 14. engagement 15. stipulation (HSK 6)
路上: lù shang — 1. on the road 2. on the way; en route (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
作: zuō — 1. (bound form) worker 2. (bound form) workshop 3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) (HSK 6)
寃: yuān — old variant of 冤 (yuān) (HSK 7-9)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
但是: dàn shì — but; however (HSK 2)
小孩子: xiǎo hái zi — child
呢: ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)
那時候: nà shí hou — at that time (HSK 2)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
沒有: méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)
出世: chū shì — 1. to be born 2. to come into being 3. to withdraw from worldly affairs
何以: hé yǐ — 1. (literary) why 2. how
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
睜: zhēng — to open (one's eyes) (HSK 7-9)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
怪: guài — 1. odd; strange; uncanny 2. (bound form) monster; supernatural being 3. to find strange; to regard as odd 4. to blame 5. (coll.) somewhat; rather (HSK 4)
眼睛: yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)
似乎: sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
似乎: sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
害: hài — 1. to do harm to 2. to cause trouble to 3. harm 4. evil 5. calamity (HSK 5)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
納罕: nà hǎn — 1. bewildered 2. amazed
而且: ér qiě — 1. (not only ...) but also 2. moreover; in addition; furthermore (HSK 2)
傷心: shāng xīn — 1. to grieve 2. to be broken-hearted 3. to feel deeply hurt (HSK 3)

。I understand now.！This is what their parents have taught them!

III

。At night I can never sleep.，。Everything must be studied carefully before it can be understood.

——，，，；Those people—some had been put in the cangue by the magistrate, some had been slapped by the gentry, some had had their wives seized by the yamen runners, some had had their parents driven to death by creditors;，，。yet their expressions at that time were nothing like as fearful, nor as fierce, as yesterday's.

他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
知縣: zhī xiàn — county head magistrate (old)
打: dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)
枷: jiā — cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
過: Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
紳士: shēn shì — gentleman (HSK 7-9)
掌: zhǎng — 1. palm of the hand 2. sole of the foot 3. paw 4. horseshoe 5. to slap 6. to hold in one's hand 7. to wield
過: Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
衙役: yá yì — bailiff of feudal yamen
佔: zhàn — variant of 占 (zhàn) (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
妻子: qī zǐ — wife and children (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
老子: Lǎo zǐ — 1. Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism 2. the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經 (Dào dé jīng) by Laozi
娘: niáng — 1. mother 2. young lady 3. (coll.) effeminate (HSK 7-9)
被: bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)
債主: zhài zhǔ — creditor
逼死: bī sǐ — to hound sb to death
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
那時候: nà shí hou — at that time (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
臉色: liǎn sè — 1. complexion 2. look (HSK 5)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
沒有: méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)
昨天: zuó tiān — yesterday (HSK 1)
這麽: zhè me — variant of 這麼 (zhè me) (HSK 2)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
沒有: méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)
這麽: zhè me — variant of 這麼 (zhè me) (HSK 2)
兇: xiōng — 1. terrible 2. fearful (HSK 6)

，，，『！Strangest of all was that woman on the street yesterday, beating her son, who said, 'You little wretch!！』。I'll bite a few mouthfuls out of you before I'm satisfied!' Yet her eyes were fixed on me.，；I was startled, and could not conceal it;，。and that crowd with the blue-green faces and jutting fangs all burst into laughter.，。Chen Laowu hurried forward and forcibly dragged me back home.

最: zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)
奇怪: qí guài — 1. strange 2. odd 3. to marvel 4. to be baffled (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
昨天: zuó tiān — yesterday (HSK 1)
街上: jiē shang — 1. on the street 2. in town
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
那個: nà ge — 1. that one 2. that thing 3. that (as opposed to this) 4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) 5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) 6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) 7. (euph.) menstruation 8. sex 9. also pr. (nèi ge)
女人: nǚ rén — woman (HSK 1)
打: dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
兒子: ér zi — son (HSK 1)
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
說道: shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)
老子: Lǎo zǐ — 1. Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism 2. the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經 (Dào dé jīng) by Laozi
呀: yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
咬: yǎo — 1. to bite 2. to nip (HSK 5)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
口: kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
出氣: chū qì — 1. to vent one's anger 2. to breathe out; to exhale
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
眼睛: yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)
卻: què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
驚: jīng — 1. to startle 2. to be frightened 3. to be scared 4. alarm (HSK 7-9)
遮掩: zhē yǎn — 1. to cover 2. to mask 3. to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
不住: bù zhù — 1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) 2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
靑: qīng — variant of 青 (qīng)
面: miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
獠牙: liáo yá — tusk; fang
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
哄笑: hōng xiào — 1. to roar with laughter 2. hoots of laughter 3. guffaw
起來: qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)
陳: Chén — 1. surname Chen 2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 (Nán Cháo)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
趕上: gǎn shàng — 1. to keep up with 2. to catch up with 3. to overtake 4. to chance upon 5. in time for (HSK 6)
前: qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)
硬: yìng — 1. hard; stiff; solid 2. (fig.) strong; firm 3. resolutely; uncompromisingly 4. laboriously; with great difficulty 5. good (quality); able (person) 6. (of food) filling; substantial (HSK 5)
把: bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
拖: tuō — 1. to drag 2. to tow 3. to trail 4. to hang down 5. to mop (the floor) 6. to delay 7. to drag on (HSK 6)
回家: huí jiā — to return home (HSK 1)
中: Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

。Dragged me home.；The people at home all pretended not to know me;，。their looks were entirely the same as the others'.，，。Once I entered the study, the door was bolted from outside, just as if a chicken or duck were being shut in.，。This matter left me all the more unable to guess at the truth of it.

拖: tuō — 1. to drag 2. to tow 3. to trail 4. to hang down 5. to mop (the floor) 6. to delay 7. to drag on (HSK 6)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
回家: huí jiā — to return home (HSK 1)
家: jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
裝作: zhuāng zuò — 1. to pretend 2. to feign 3. to act a part
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
認識: rèn shi — 1. to know 2. to recognize 3. to be familiar with 4. to get acquainted with sb 5. knowledge 6. understanding 7. awareness 8. cognition (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
眼色: yǎn sè — 1. signal made with one's eyes 2. meaningful glance (HSK 7-9)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
全同: quán tóng — identical
別人: bié ren — other people; others; other person (HSK 1)
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)
進: jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
書房: shū fáng — 1. study (room) 2. studio 3. classifier: 間 (jiān) (HSK 6)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
反: fǎn — 1. contrary 2. in reverse 3. inside out or upside down 4. to reverse 5. to return 6. to oppose 7. opposite 8. against 9. anti- 10. to rebel 11. to use analogy 12. instead 13. abbr. for 反切 (fǎn qiè) phonetic system (HSK 4)
扣上: kòu shàng — 1. to buckle up 2. to fasten
門: Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)
宛然: wǎn rán — 1. as if 2. just like
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
關: Guān — surname Guan (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
隻: zhī — classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc (HSK 2)
雞: jī — 1. fowl 2. chicken 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī) 4. (slang) prostitute (HSK 2)
鴨: yā — 1. duck (classifier: 隻 (zhī)) 2. (slang) male prostitute
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
件: jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)
越: Yuè — 1. generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods 2. abbr. for Vietnam 越南 (HSK 2)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
猜: cāi — to guess (HSK 5)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
底細: dǐ xì — 1. inside information 2. the ins and outs of the matter 3. how things stand 4. what's up

，，，，；A few days ago, a tenant farmer from Wolf Cub Village came to report the famine, and told my elder brother that a great villain in their village had been beaten to death by everyone;，，。and several men had dug out his heart and liver, fried them in oil, and eaten them, so as to build up their courage.，。When I put in a word, the tenant and my elder brother both glanced at me several times.，。Only today did I realize that their look was exactly the same as that of the crowd outside.

前幾天: qián jǐ tiān — 1. a few days ago 2. a few days before 3. the past few days 4. the previous few days
狼: láng — 1. wolf 2. classifier: 匹 (pǐ), 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
村: cūn — 1. village 2. (dialect) to scold 3. rustic; boorish (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
佃戶: diàn hù — tenant farmer
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
吿: gào — variant of 告 (gào)
荒: huāng — 1. desolate 2. shortage 3. scarce 4. out of practice 5. absurd 6. uncultivated 7. to neglect (HSK 7-9)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
村: cūn — 1. village 2. (dialect) to scold 3. rustic; boorish (HSK 3)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
一個: yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
大: dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)
惡人: è rén — 1. evil person; vile creature; villain 2. (archaic) ugly person
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
大家: dà jiā — 1. everyone 2. influential family 3. great expert (HSK 2)
打死: dǎ sǐ — 1. to kill 2. to beat to death
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
幾個: jǐ ge — 1. a few 2. several 3. how many
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
挖: wā — 1. to dig 2. to excavate 3. to scoop out (HSK 6)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
心肝: xīn gān — 1. darling 2. (in negative sentences) heart 3. humanity
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
用: yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)
油: yóu — 1. oil 2. fat 3. grease 4. petroleum 5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish 6. oily 7. greasy 8. glib 9. cunning (HSK 2)
煎炒: jiān chǎo — to lightly fry
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
壯: Zhuàng — Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China (HSK 7-9)
壯膽: zhuàng dǎn — 1. to get one’s courage up 2. to embolden (HSK 7-9)
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
插: chā — 1. to insert 2. stick in 3. pierce 4. to take part in 5. to interfere 6. to interpose (HSK 5)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一句: yī jù — 1. a line of verse 2. a sentence
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
佃戶: diàn hù — tenant farmer
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
眼: yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
眼光: yǎn guāng — 1. gaze 2. insight 3. foresight 4. vision 5. way of looking at things (HSK 5)
全同: quán tóng — identical
外面: wài miàn — 1. outside (also pr. (wài mian) for this sense) 2. surface 3. exterior 4. external appearance (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
一模一樣: yī mú yī yàng — 1. (idiom) exactly alike; identical 2. also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4] (HSK 6)

，。Thinking of it, a chill runs from the crown of my head straight down to my heels.

，。If they can eat people, then it is not certain they will not eat me.

『』，，，。Consider that woman's words, 'bite a few mouthfuls out of you,' and the laughter of that crowd with blue-green faces and jutting fangs, and the tenant's words the day before yesterday—clearly these are signals.，，，，。I can see that their words are all poison, their laughter all knives; their teeth are all bared white and gleaming in rows—these are the very tools for eating people.

你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
女人: nǚ rén — woman (HSK 1)
咬: yǎo — 1. to bite 2. to nip (HSK 5)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
口: kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)
的話: de huà — if (coming after a conditional clause) (HSK 2)
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
靑: qīng — variant of 青 (qīng)
面: miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
獠牙: liáo yá — tusk; fang
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
前天: qián tiān — the day before yesterday (HSK 1)
佃戶: diàn hù — tenant farmer
的話: de huà — if (coming after a conditional clause) (HSK 2)
明明: míng míng — 1. obviously 2. plainly 3. undoubtedly 4. definitely (HSK 5)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
暗號: àn hào — secret signal; password; countersign
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
看出: kàn chū — 1. to make out 2. to see (HSK 5)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
話: huà — 1. dialect 2. language 3. spoken words 4. speech 5. talk 6. words 7. conversation 8. what sb said 9. classifier: 種 (zhǒng), 席 (xí), 句 (jù), 口 (kǒu), 番 (fān) (HSK 1)
中: Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
毒: dú — 1. poison 2. to poison 3. poisonous 4. malicious 5. cruel 6. fierce 7. narcotics (HSK 5)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
中: Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
刀: Dāo — surname Dao (HSK 3)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
牙齒: yá chǐ — 1. tooth 2. dental 3. classifier: 顆 (kē) (HSK 7-9)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
白: Bái — 1. surname Bai 2. Bai ethnic group (HSK 1)
厲: Lì — surname Li
厲: Lì — surname Li
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
排: pái — 1. to arrange in order; to line up 2. to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge 3. (literary) to push aside; to force open 4. to rehearse 5. row; line 6. platoon 7. (bound form) steak; chop 8. (bound form) raft 9. classifier for rows or lines (of people or things) (HSK 2)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
這就: zhè jiù — 1. immediately 2. at once
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
家伙: jiā huo — 1. household dish, implement or furniture 2. domestic animal 3. (coll.) guy 4. chap 5. weapon (HSK 7-9)

，，，。As I think of myself, though I am no villain, ever since I trampled on the Gu family's ledger, it has become hard to say.，。They seem to have some other design in mind, which I cannot fathom at all.，。Besides, the moment they turn hostile, they call a person a villain.，，，；I still remember when my elder brother taught me to write essays, no matter how good a person was, if I found fault with him in a few phrases, he would mark them with circles of approval;，『，』。and if I excused a bad person in a few phrases, he would say, 'A marvelous hand that turns the world upside down, quite out of the ordinary.'，；How could I possibly guess what is really in their minds;。especially now, when it is a matter of wanting to eat someone.

照: zhào — 1. according to 2. in accordance with 3. to shine 4. to illuminate 5. to reflect 6. to look at (one's reflection) 7. to take (a photo) 8. photo 9. as requested 10. as before (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
自己: zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
雖然: suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)
不是: bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not
惡人: è rén — 1. evil person; vile creature; villain 2. (archaic) ugly person
自從: zì cóng — 1. since (a time) 2. ever since (HSK 3)
踹: chuài — 1. to kick 2. to trample 3. to tread on (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
古: Gǔ — surname Gu (HSK 3)
家的: jiā de — (old) wife
簿子: bù zi — 1. notebook 2. book
可就: kě jiù — certainly
難說: nán shuō — 1. hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) 2. cannot bring oneself to say it (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
似乎: sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)
別有: bié yǒu — 1. to have other... 2. to have a special ...
心思: xīn si — 1. mind 2. thoughts 3. inclination 4. mood (HSK 7-9)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
猜: cāi — to guess (HSK 5)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
況且: kuàng qiě — 1. moreover 2. besides 3. in addition 4. furthermore (HSK 7-9)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
翻臉: fān liǎn — to fall out with sb; to become hostile
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
惡人: è rén — 1. evil person; vile creature; villain 2. (archaic) ugly person
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
記得: jì de — to remember (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
做: zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)
論: Lún — abbr. for 論語 (Lún yǔ), The Analects (of Confucius)
無論: wú lùn — 1. no matter what or how 2. regardless of whether... (HSK 4)
怎樣: zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)
好人: hǎo rén — 1. good person 2. healthy person 3. person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle (HSK 2)
翻: fān — 1. to turn over 2. to flip over 3. to overturn 4. to rummage through 5. to translate 6. to decode 7. to double 8. to climb over or into 9. to cross (HSK 4)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
句: gōu — variant of 勾 (gōu) (HSK 2)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
打: dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)
上: shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)
幾個: jǐ ge — 1. a few 2. several 3. how many
圈: juān — 1. to confine 2. to lock up 3. to pen in (HSK 4)
原諒: yuán liàng — 1. to excuse 2. to forgive 3. to pardon (HSK 6)
壞人: huài rén — 1. bad person 2. villain (HSK 2)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
句: gōu — variant of 勾 (gōu) (HSK 2)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
翻: fān — 1. to turn over 2. to flip over 3. to overturn 4. to rummage through 5. to translate 6. to decode 7. to double 8. to climb over or into 9. to cross (HSK 4)
天: tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)
妙手: miào shǒu — 1. miraculous hands of a healer 2. highly skilled person 3. brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋
與: yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)
衆: zhòng — variant of 眾 (zhòng)
不同: bù tóng — 1. different 2. distinct 3. not the same 4. not alike (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
那里: nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)
猜: cāi — to guess (HSK 5)
得到: dé dào — to get; to obtain; to receive (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
心思: xīn si — 1. mind 2. thoughts 3. inclination 4. mood (HSK 7-9)
究竟: jiū jìng — 1. to go to the bottom of a matter 2. after all 3. when all is said and done 4. (in an interrogative sentence) finally 5. outcome 6. result (HSK 4)
怎樣: zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)
況且: kuàng qiě — 1. moreover 2. besides 3. in addition 4. furthermore (HSK 7-9)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
時候: shí hou — 1. time 2. length of time 3. moment 4. period (HSK 1)

，，，，。In all things one must inquire carefully before understanding comes; that in ancient times people often ate one another, I too still remember, though not very clearly.，，『』。I opened a history book to check, and this history had no chronology, but on every crooked, scrawled page were written the words 'benevolence, righteousness, morality and virtue.'，，，『』！Since I could not sleep anyway, I read closely half the night, until at last I saw words in the cracks between the words—the whole book was filled with just two words: 'Eat people'!

凡事: fán shì — everything
總: zǒng — 1. (bound form) general; overall 2. to sum up 3. in every case; always; invariably 4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later 5. surely 6. (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理 (zǒng jīng lǐ) or 總編 (zǒng biān) etc (HSK 3)
須: xū — 1. must 2. to have to 3. to wait (HSK 7-9)
硏: yán — variant of 研 (yán)
究: jiū — 1. after all 2. to investigate 3. to study carefully 4. Taiwan pr. (jiù)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
明白: míng bai — 1. clear; obvious; unequivocal 2. sensible; reasonable 3. to understand; to realize (HSK 1)
古來: gǔ lái — since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
時常: shí cháng — often; frequently (HSK 5)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
記得: jì de — to remember (HSK 1)
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
不甚: bù shèn — (literary) not very
淸: qīng — variant of 清 (qīng)
楚: Chǔ — 1. surname Chu 2. abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 (Hú běi Shěng) and Hunan 湖南省 (Hú nán Shěng) provinces together 3. Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
翻開: fān kāi — to open up
歷史: lì shǐ — 1. history 2. classifier: 門 (mén), 段 (duàn) (HSK 4)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
查: Zhā — surname Zha (HSK 2)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
歷史: lì shǐ — 1. history 2. classifier: 門 (mén), 段 (duàn) (HSK 4)
沒有: méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)
年代: nián dài — 1. a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) 2. age 3. era 4. period 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
歪歪斜斜: wāi wāi xié xié — 1. shuddering 2. trembling 3. a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
每: měi — 1. each 2. every (HSK 3)
葉: Yè — surname Ye
上都: Shàng dū — Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
寫: xiě — to write (HSK 1)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
仁義道德: rén yì dào dé — 1. compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues 2. mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
幾個: jǐ ge — 1. a few 2. several 3. how many
字: zì — 1. letter 2. symbol 3. character 4. word 5. classifier: 個 (gè) 6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
橫: héng — 1. horizontal 2. across 3. crosswise 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface) 6. to cross (a river, etc) 7. in a jumble 8. chaotic 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable 10. violent (HSK 6)
竪: shù — variant of 豎 (shù) (HSK 7-9)
睡: shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)
不着: bù zháo — 1. no need 2. need not
仔細: zǐ xì — 1. careful; attentive; cautious 2. to be careful; to look out 3. (dialect) thrifty; frugal (HSK 5)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
半夜: bàn yè — 1. midnight 2. in the middle of the night (HSK 2)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
字: zì — 1. letter 2. symbol 3. character 4. word 5. classifier: 個 (gè) 6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China (HSK 1)
縫: féng — 1. to sew 2. to stitch (HSK 7-9)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
看出: kàn chū — 1. to make out 2. to see (HSK 5)
字: zì — 1. letter 2. symbol 3. character 4. word 5. classifier: 個 (gè) 6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China (HSK 1)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
滿: Mǎn — Manchu ethnic group (HSK 2)
本: běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
寫: xiě — to write (HSK 1)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
兩: liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)
個: gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)
字: zì — 1. letter 2. symbol 3. character 4. word 5. classifier: 個 (gè) 6. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

，，。The book has all these words written in it, the tenant farmer said all those words, yet both look at me with smiling faces and strange, staring eyes.

，！I too am a person, and they want to eat me!

，。In the morning, I sat quietly for a while.，，；Chen Laowu brought in a meal, a bowl of vegetables and a bowl of steamed fish;，，，。the fish's eyes were white and hard, its mouth open, just like that crowd of people who want to eat people.，，。After a few mouthfuls, slippery and I could not tell whether it was fish or human, I spat it all out, stomach and guts together.

早上: zǎo shang — 1. early morning 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
靜坐: jìng zuò — 1. to sit quietly 2. to meditate 3. to stage a sit-in
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一會: yī huì — 1. a moment 2. a while 3. in a moment 4. also pr. (yī huǐ)
陳: Chén — 1. surname Chen 2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 (Nán Cháo)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
送: sòng — 1. to send; to deliver; to transmit 2. to give (as a present) 3. to see (sb) off 4. to accompany; to go along with (HSK 1)
進: jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)
飯: fàn — 1. cooked rice 2. classifier: 碗 (wǎn) 3. meal 4. classifier: 頓 (dùn) 5. (loanword) fan 6. devotee (HSK 1)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
碗: wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
菜: cài — 1. vegetable; greens (classifier: 棵 (kē)) 2. dish (of food) (classifier: 樣 (yàng), 道 (dào), 盤 (pán)) 3. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor 4. (coll.) (one's) type (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
碗: wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
蒸: zhēng — 1. to evaporate 2. (of cooking) to steam 3. torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) 4. finely chopped firewood (old) (HSK 7-9)
魚: Yú — surname Yu (HSK 2)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
魚: Yú — surname Yu (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
眼睛: yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)
白: Bái — 1. surname Bai 2. Bai ethnic group (HSK 1)
而且: ér qiě — 1. (not only ...) but also 2. moreover; in addition; furthermore (HSK 2)
硬: yìng — 1. hard; stiff; solid 2. (fig.) strong; firm 3. resolutely; uncompromisingly 4. laboriously; with great difficulty 5. good (quality); able (person) 6. (of food) filling; substantial (HSK 5)
張: Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
筷: kuài — chopstick
滑溜溜: huá liū liū — 1. smooth 2. slick 3. slippery 4. glossy
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
不知: bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
魚: Yú — surname Yu (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
把: bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
兜肚: dōu du — undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
連: Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)
腸: cháng — intestines (HSK 5)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
吐: tǔ — 1. to spit 2. to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) 3. to say 4. to pour out (one's grievances) (HSK 5)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

：『，，，。』，，，。I said, 'Laowu, tell my elder brother I feel terribly stifled and would like to walk in the garden.' Laowu did not answer, and left; after a while, he did come and open the door.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
説: shuō — variant of 說 (shuō) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
悶: mēn — 1. stuffy 2. shut indoors 3. to smother 4. to cover tightly (HSK 7-9)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
荒: huāng — 1. desolate 2. shortage 3. scarce 4. out of practice 5. absurd 6. uncultivated 7. to neglect (HSK 7-9)
想到: xiǎng dào — 1. to think of 2. to call to mind 3. to anticipate (HSK 2)
園: Yuán — surname Yuan (HSK 6)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
答應: dā ying — 1. to answer; to respond 2. to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise (HSK 2)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
停: tíng — 1. to stop 2. to halt 3. to park (a car) (HSK 2)
一會: yī huì — 1. a moment 2. a while 3. in a moment 4. also pr. (yī huǐ)
可就: kě jiù — certainly
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
開: kāi — 1. to open (transitive or intransitive) 2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run 4. to boil 5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) 6. (directional complement) away; off 7. carat (gold) 8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 (Kāi ěr wén) 9. abbr. for 開本 (kāi běn), book format (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
門: Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

，；I did not stir, but studied how they would go about handling me;。knowing they would certainly not let me go.！Sure enough!，；My elder brother led an old man in, walking slowly;，，，。his eyes were full of a fierce glint, and fearing I would notice, he kept his head lowered toward the ground, stealing glances at me from the side of his glasses.：『。』：『。』：『，。』：『！』！My elder brother said, 'Today you seem quite well.' I said, 'Yes.' My elder brother said, 'Today I've invited Mr. He to come and examine you.' I said, 'Very well!' In fact, how could I not know that this old man was an executioner in disguise!，：，。It was nothing but using the pretext of taking my pulse to feel how fat or thin I was; for this service, he too would get a share of meat to eat.；Yet I was not afraid;，。though I do not eat people, my courage is even greater than theirs.，。I stretched out my two fists, to see how he would go about it.，，，；The old man sat down, closed his eyes, felt my pulse for a good while, and sat blankly for a good while;：『。then opened his ghostly eyes and said, 'Don't let your thoughts run wild.，。』Rest quietly for a few days, and you'll be well.'

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
不動: bù dòng — motionless
硏: yán — variant of 研 (yán)
究: jiū — 1. after all 2. to investigate 3. to study carefully 4. Taiwan pr. (jiù)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
如何: rú hé — 1. how 2. what way 3. what (HSK 3)
擺: bǎi — 1. to arrange 2. to exhibit 3. to move to and fro 4. a pendulum (HSK 4)
佈: bù — 1. variant of 布 (bù) 2. to announce 3. to spread (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
知道: zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
一定: yī dìng — 1. surely; certainly; definitely 2. fixed; settled 3. a certain ...; a given ... (HSK 2)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
肯: kěn — 1. to agree; to consent 2. to be willing to (HSK 6)
放鬆: fàng sōng — to relax; to slacken; to loosen (HSK 4)
果然: guǒ rán — 1. really 2. sure enough 3. as expected 4. if indeed (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
引: yǐn — 1. to draw (e.g. a bow) 2. to pull 3. to stretch sth 4. to extend 5. to lengthen 6. to involve or implicate in 7. to attract 8. to lead 9. to guide 10. to leave 11. to provide evidence or justification for 12. old unit of distance equal to 10 丈 (zhàng), one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters (HSK 4)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一個: yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
慢慢: màn màn — slowly; gradually (HSK 3)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
滿眼: mǎn yǎn — 1. (of tears etc) filling the eyes 2. (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
兇: xiōng — 1. terrible 2. fearful (HSK 6)
光: guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
看出: kàn chū — 1. to make out 2. to see (HSK 5)
只是: zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)
低頭: dī tóu — 1. to bow the head 2. to yield 3. to give in (HSK 6)
向着: xiàng zhe — 1. towards 2. facing (sb or sth) 3. (coll.) to side with 4. to favor (HSK 7-9)
地: de — 1. -ly 2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct (HSK 1)
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
眼鏡: yǎn jìng — 1. spectacles 2. eyeglasses 3. classifier: 副 (fù) (HSK 4)
橫: héng — 1. horizontal 2. across 3. crosswise 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface) 6. to cross (a river, etc) 7. in a jumble 8. chaotic 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable 10. violent (HSK 6)
邊: biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)
暗暗: àn àn — 1. secretly 2. inwardly
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
彷: páng — used in 彷徨 (páng huáng) and 彷徉 (páng yáng) (HSK 7-9)
佛: Fó — Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀 (Fó tuó)) (HSK 6)
很: hěn — 1. very; quite 2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) (HSK 1)
好: hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
是的: shì de — 1. yes, that's right 2. variant of 似的 (shì de)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
請: qǐng — 1. to ask 2. to invite 3. please (do sth) 4. to treat (to a meal etc) 5. to request (HSK 1)
何: Hé — surname He
先生: xiān sheng — 1. teacher 2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) 3. husband 4. (dialect) doctor 5. classifier: 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
診: zhěn — to examine or treat medically
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
診: zhěn — to examine or treat medically
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
其實: qí shí — actually; in fact; really (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
豈不: qǐ bù — 1. how couldn't...? 2. wouldn't it...?
知道: zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
劊子手: guì zi shǒu — 1. executioner 2. headsman 3. slaughterer 4. fig. indiscriminate murderer
扮: bàn — 1. to disguise oneself as 2. to dress up 3. to play (a role) 4. to put on (an expression) (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
無非: wú fēi — 1. only 2. nothing else (HSK 7-9)
借: jiè — 1. to borrow 2. (used in combination with 給 (gěi) or 出 (chū) etc) to lend 3. to make use of; to avail oneself of 4. (sometimes followed by 著 (zhe)) by; with (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
脈: mài — 1. arteries and veins 2. vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
名目: míng mù — 1. name 2. designation 3. item 4. rubric 5. (formal usage) fame
揣: chuāi — 1. to put into (one's pockets, clothes) 2. Taiwan pr. (chuǎi) (HSK 7-9)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
揣: chuāi — 1. to put into (one's pockets, clothes) 2. Taiwan pr. (chuǎi) (HSK 7-9)
肥: féi — 1. fat 2. fertile 3. loose-fitting or large 4. to fertilize 5. to become rich by illegal means 6. fertilizer 7. manure (HSK 4)
瘠: jí — 1. barren 2. lean
因: yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
功勞: gōng láo — 1. contribution 2. meritorious service 3. credit (HSK 7-9)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
分: fēn — 1. to divide; to separate 2. to distribute; to allocate 3. to distinguish (good and bad) 4. (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēn jú)) 5. fraction 6. one tenth (of certain units) 7. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm 8. minute (unit of time) 9. minute (angular measurement unit) 10. a point (in sports or games) 11. 0.01 yuan (unit of money) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
片: piān — 1. disk 2. sheet (HSK 2)
肉: ròu — 1. meat 2. flesh 3. pulp (of a fruit) 4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy 5. (of a person) flabby 6. irresolute 7. Kangxi radical 130 (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
不怕: bù pà — 1. fearless 2. not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) 3. even if 4. even though
雖然: suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
膽子: dǎn zi — 1. courage 2. nerve 3. guts (HSK 7-9)
卻: què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)
比: Bǐ — 1. Belgium 2. Belgian 3. abbr. for 比利時 (Bǐ lì shí) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
壯: Zhuàng — Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China (HSK 7-9)
伸出: shēn chū — to extend
兩: liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)
個: gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)
拳頭: quán tou — 1. fist 2. (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core (HSK 7-9)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
如何: rú hé — 1. how 2. what way 3. what (HSK 3)
下手: xià shǒu — 1. to start 2. to put one's hand to 3. to set about 4. the seat to the right of the main guest (HSK 7-9)
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
坐: Zuò — surname Zuo (HSK 1)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
閉: bì — 1. to close 2. to stop up 3. to shut 4. to obstruct (HSK 6)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
眼睛: yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)
摸: mō — 1. to feel with the hand 2. to touch 3. to stroke 4. to grope 5. to steal 6. to abstract (HSK 4)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
好: hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)
一會: yī huì — 1. a moment 2. a while 3. in a moment 4. also pr. (yī huǐ)
呆: dāi — 1. foolish; stupid 2. expressionless; blank 3. variant of 待 (dāi) (HSK 5)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
好: hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)
一會: yī huì — 1. a moment 2. a while 3. in a moment 4. also pr. (yī huǐ)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
張開: zhāng kāi — 1. to open up 2. to spread 3. to extend
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
鬼: guǐ — 1. disembodied spirit; ghost; devil 2. (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc 3. sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭 (guǐ)) 4. one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy (HSK 5)
眼睛: yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
不要: bù yào — don't!; must not (HSK 2)
亂: luàn — 1. in confusion or disorder 2. in a confused state of mind 3. disorder 4. upheaval 5. riot 6. illicit sexual relations 7. to throw into disorder 8. to mix up 9. indiscriminate 10. random 11. arbitrary (HSK 3)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
靜: jìng — 1. still 2. calm 3. quiet 4. not moving (HSK 3)
靜: jìng — 1. still 2. calm 3. quiet 4. not moving (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
養: yǎng — 1. to raise (animals) 2. to bring up (children) 3. to keep (pets) 4. to support 5. to give birth (HSK 2)
幾天: jǐ tiān — several days
就: jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)
好: hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

，！Don't let your thoughts run wild, rest quietly!，；Once I'm fattened up, they will naturally get more to eat;，『』？what good would that do me—how could it possibly make me 'well'?，，，，，。This whole crowd of them, wanting to eat people and yet being so furtive about it, scheming to conceal it, not daring to act directly—it's enough to make me die laughing.，，。I could not help it, and burst out laughing aloud, feeling thoroughly delighted.，；I myself know that within this laughter there was courage and righteous spirit;，，。the old man and my elder brother both turned pale, overawed by this courage and righteousness of mine.

不要: bù yào — don't!; must not (HSK 2)
亂: luàn — 1. in confusion or disorder 2. in a confused state of mind 3. disorder 4. upheaval 5. riot 6. illicit sexual relations 7. to throw into disorder 8. to mix up 9. indiscriminate 10. random 11. arbitrary (HSK 3)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
靜: jìng — 1. still 2. calm 3. quiet 4. not moving (HSK 3)
靜: jìng — 1. still 2. calm 3. quiet 4. not moving (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
養: yǎng — 1. to raise (animals) 2. to bring up (children) 3. to keep (pets) 4. to support 5. to give birth (HSK 2)
養: yǎng — 1. to raise (animals) 2. to bring up (children) 3. to keep (pets) 4. to support 5. to give birth (HSK 2)
肥: féi — 1. fat 2. fertile 3. loose-fitting or large 4. to fertilize 5. to become rich by illegal means 6. fertilizer 7. manure (HSK 4)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
自然: zì rán — 1. nature 2. natural 3. naturally (HSK 3)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
多: duō — 1. many; much; more; a lot of 2. too many; in excess 3. (after a numeral) ... odd 4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. (duó)) 5. (bound form) multi-; poly- (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
好處: hǎo chǔ — easy to get along with (HSK 2)
怎麽: zěn me — variant of 怎麼 (zěn me) (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
好: hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
羣: qún — variant of 群 (qún) (HSK 3)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
鬼鬼祟祟: guǐ guǐ suì suì — (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive
想法: xiǎng fǎ — 1. way of thinking; opinion; notion 2. to think of a way (to do sth) (HSK 2)
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
遮掩: zhē yǎn — 1. to cover 2. to mask 3. to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
敢: gǎn — 1. to dare 2. daring 3. (polite) may I venture (HSK 3)
直捷: zhí jié — straightforward
下手: xià shǒu — 1. to start 2. to put one's hand to 3. to set about 4. the seat to the right of the main guest (HSK 7-9)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
令: líng — 1. used in 脊令 (jí líng) 2. used in 令狐 (Líng hú) (Taiwan pr. (lìng)) (HSK 5)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
忍不住: rěn bu zhù — 1. cannot help 2. unable to bear (HSK 5)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
放聲: fàng shēng — 1. very loudly 2. at the top of one's voice
大笑: dà xiào — 1. to laugh heartily 2. a belly laugh
起來: qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)
十分: shí fēn — 1. very 2. completely 3. utterly 4. extremely 5. absolutely 6. hundred percent 7. to divide into ten equal parts (HSK 2)
快活: kuài huo — 1. happy 2. cheerful (HSK 5)
自己: zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
笑聲: xiào shēng — laughter (HSK 6)
裏面: lǐ miàn — variant of 裡面 (lǐ miàn) (HSK 3)
有的是: yǒu de shì — 1. have plenty of 2. there's no lack of (HSK 3)
義勇: yì yǒng — courageous in fighting for a just cause
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
正氣: zhèng qì — 1. healthy atmosphere; moral spirit 2. unyielding integrity; probity 3. (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
失: shī — 1. to lose 2. to miss 3. to fail
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
色: sè — 1. color 2. classifier: 種 (zhǒng) 3. look 4. appearance 5. sex (HSK 4)
被: bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
勇氣: yǒng qì — courage (HSK 4)
正氣: zhèng qì — 1. healthy atmosphere; moral spirit 2. unyielding integrity; probity 3. (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
鎭: zhèn — 1. variant of 鎮 (zhèn) 2. town
壓住: yā zhù — 1. to press down 2. to crush down 3. to restrain (anger) 4. to keep down (voice)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

，，。But the more courage I have, the more they want to eat me, so as to gain a little of that courage for themselves.，，，『！』。The old man stepped out the door, and before he had gone far, said in a low voice to my elder brother, 'Better eat him soon!' My elder brother nodded.！So you are in on it too!，，：，！This great discovery, though it seemed unexpected, was also to be expected: the one in league to eat me is none other than my own elder brother!

但是: dàn shì — but; however (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
勇氣: yǒng qì — courage (HSK 4)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
越: Yuè — 1. generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods 2. abbr. for Vietnam 越南 (HSK 2)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
沾光: zhān guāng — 1. to bask in the light 2. fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth 3. reflected glory (HSK 7-9)
一點: yī diǎn — 1. a bit; a little bit 2. (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit 3. (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er 4. a point (in a discussion etc) 5. (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) 6. one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾 (yī diǎn zhōng))
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
勇氣: yǒng qì — courage (HSK 4)
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
跨: kuà — 1. to step across 2. to stride over 3. to straddle 4. to span (HSK 6)
出門: chū mén — 1. to go out 2. to leave home 3. to go on a journey 4. away from home 5. (of a woman) to get married (HSK 2)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
多: duō — 1. many; much; more; a lot of 2. too many; in excess 3. (after a numeral) ... odd 4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. (duó)) 5. (bound form) multi-; poly- (HSK 1)
遠: yuǎn — 1. far 2. distant 3. remote 4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far 5. much (lower etc) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
低聲: dī shēng — 1. in a low voice 2. softly
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
說道: shuō dào — 1. to state 2. to say (the quoted words) (HSK 7-9)
趕緊: gǎn jǐn — 1. hurriedly 2. without delay (HSK 3)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
罷: bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
點點: Diǎn diǎn — Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website)
頭: tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
原來: yuán lái — 1. original; former 2. originally; formerly; at first 3. so, actually, as it turns out (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
件: jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)
大發: Dà fā — Daihatsu, Japanese car company
見: jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)
雖: suī — 1. although 2. even though (HSK 6)
似: shì — used in 似的 (shì de)
意外: yì wài — 1. unexpected 2. accident 3. mishap 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
在意: zài yì — 1. to care about 2. to mind (HSK 7-9)
中: Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)
合夥: hé huǒ — to act jointly; to form a partnership (HSK 7-9)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
便是: biàn shì — 1. (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) 2. precisely 3. exactly 4. even 5. if 6. just like 7. in the same way as (HSK 6)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
的哥: dī gē — 1. male taxi driver 2. cabbie (slang)
哥: gē — elder brother (HSK 1)

！The one who eats people is my elder brother!

！I am the younger brother of a man who eats people!

，！I myself may be eaten by others, yet I am still the younger brother of a man who eats people!

：，，。These past few days I have been considering the matter from another angle: even supposing that old man was not an executioner in disguise, but a genuine doctor, he would still be a man who eats people.『』，；In that 'Materia Medica' or whatever it's called, written by their founding master Li Shizhen, it is plainly stated that human flesh can be fried and eaten;？how then can he claim that he himself does not eat people?

這幾天: zhè jǐ tiān — the past few days
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
退: tuì — 1. to retreat; to withdraw 2. to reject; to return (sth) 3. to decline (HSK 3)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
步: Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
假使: jiǎ shǐ — 1. if 2. in case 3. suppose 4. given ... (HSK 7-9)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
不是: bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not
劊子手: guì zi shǒu — 1. executioner 2. headsman 3. slaughterer 4. fig. indiscriminate murderer
扮: bàn — 1. to disguise oneself as 2. to dress up 3. to play (a role) 4. to put on (an expression) (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
醫生: yī shēng — doctor; medical practitioner (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
仍然: réng rán — still; as before; yet (HSK 3)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
祖師: zǔ shī — founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
李時珍: Lǐ Shí zhēn — Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目 (Běn cǎo Gāng mù)
做: zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
本草: běn cǎo — 1. a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine 2. Chinese materia medica
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
上: shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)
明明: míng míng — 1. obviously 2. plainly 3. undoubtedly 4. definitely (HSK 5)
寫: xiě — to write (HSK 1)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
人肉: rén ròu — 1. to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing) (abbr. for 人肉搜索 (rén ròu sōu suǒ)) 2. human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌 (rén ròu dùn pái), human shield)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
煎: jiān — 1. to pan fry 2. to sauté (HSK 7-9)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
能: Néng — surname Neng (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
自己: zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)

，。As for my own elder brother, I do him no injustice either.，『』；When he was teaching me from the books, he said with his own mouth that one could 'exchange children and eat them';，，『』。and on another occasion, discussing a bad person by chance, he said not only should such a man be killed, but one ought to 'eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.'，。I was still young at the time, and my heart pounded for a long while.，，。The day before yesterday, when the tenant from Wolf Cub Village came and spoke of eating the heart and liver, he showed no surprise at all, and kept nodding his head.。This shows that his mind is just as cruel as it was before.『』，，。Since one can 'exchange children and eat them,' then anything can be exchanged, and anyone can be eaten.，；In the past, when I merely listened to him expounding principles, I let it pass in confusion;，，。now I realize that when he expounds his principles, not only is there human grease smeared at the corners of his mouth, but his heart is entirely filled with the intent to eat people.

至于: zhì yú — 1. as for 2. as to 3. to go so far as to (HSK 6)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
家: jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
毫不: háo bù — 1. hardly 2. not in the least 3. not at all (HSK 7-9)
寃: yuān — old variant of 冤 (yuān) (HSK 7-9)
枉: wǎng — 1. to twist 2. crooked 3. unjust 4. in vain
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
講: jiǎng — 1. to speak 2. to explain 3. to negotiate 4. to emphasize 5. to be particular about 6. as far as sth is concerned 7. speech 8. lecture (HSK 2)
書: Shū — abbr. for 書經 (Shū jīng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
時候: shí hou — 1. time 2. length of time 3. moment 4. period (HSK 1)
親口: qīn kǒu — 1. one's own mouth 2. fig. in one's own words 3. to say sth personally
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
過: Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
易: Yì — 1. surname Yi 2. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經 (Yì jīng))
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
而: ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)
食: shí — 1. to eat 2. food 3. animal feed 4. eclipse
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
回: Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)
偶然: ǒu rán — 1. incidentally 2. occasional 3. occasionally 4. by chance 5. randomly (HSK 5)
議論: yì lùn — 1. to comment 2. to talk about 3. to discuss 4. discussion 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 4)
起: qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)
一個: yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
不好: bù hǎo — no good
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
不但: bù dàn — not only (... but also ...) (HSK 2)
該: gāi — 1. should 2. ought to 3. probably 4. must be 5. to deserve 6. to owe 7. to be sb's turn to do sth 8. that 9. the above-mentioned (HSK 2)
殺: shā — 1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack 2. to weaken; to reduce 3. (dialect) to smart 4. (used after a verb) extremely (HSK 5)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
當: dāng — 1. to be 2. to act as 3. manage 4. withstand 5. when 6. during 7. ought 8. should 9. match equally 10. equal 11. same 12. obstruct 13. just at (a time or place) 14. on the spot 15. right 16. just at (HSK 2)
食肉寢皮: shí ròu qǐn pí — 1. to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb 2. implacable hatred 3. to have sb's guts for garters
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
那時: nà shí — 1. then 2. at that time 3. in those days (HSK 2)
年紀: nián jì — 1. age 2. classifier: 把 (bǎ), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
小: xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)
心跳: xīn tiào — 1. heartbeat 2. pulse
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
好半天: hǎo bàn tiān — most of the day
前天: qián tiān — the day before yesterday (HSK 1)
狼: láng — 1. wolf 2. classifier: 匹 (pǐ), 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
村: cūn — 1. village 2. (dialect) to scold 3. rustic; boorish (HSK 3)
佃戶: diàn hù — tenant farmer
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
心肝: xīn gān — 1. darling 2. (in negative sentences) heart 3. humanity
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
毫不: háo bù — 1. hardly 2. not in the least 3. not at all (HSK 7-9)
奇怪: qí guài — 1. strange 2. odd 3. to marvel 4. to be baffled (HSK 3)
不住: bù zhù — 1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) 2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
點頭: diǎn tóu — to nod (HSK 2)
可見: kě jiàn — 1. it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) 2. it is (thus) clear 3. clear 4. visible (HSK 4)
心思: xīn si — 1. mind 2. thoughts 3. inclination 4. mood (HSK 7-9)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
從前: cóng qián — 1. previously 2. formerly 3. once upon a time (HSK 3)
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)
狠: hěn — 1. ruthless; fierce; ferocious 2. determined; resolute 3. to harden (one's heart) 4. old variant of 很 (hěn) (HSK 6)
既然: jì rán — since; as; this being the case (HSK 4)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
易: Yì — 1. surname Yi 2. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經 (Yì jīng))
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
而: ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)
食: shí — 1. to eat 2. food 3. animal feed 4. eclipse
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
易: Yì — 1. surname Yi 2. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經 (Yì jīng))
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
從前: cóng qián — 1. previously 2. formerly 3. once upon a time (HSK 3)
單: Shàn — surname Shan (HSK 4)
聽: tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
講道: jiǎng dào — 1. to preach 2. a sermon
理: lǐ — 1. texture 2. grain (of wood) 3. inner essence 4. intrinsic order 5. reason 6. logic 7. truth 8. science 9. natural science (esp. physics) 10. to manage 11. to pay attention to 12. to run (affairs) 13. to handle 14. to put in order 15. to tidy up (HSK 6)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
糊塗: hú tu — 1. muddled 2. silly 3. confused (HSK 7-9)
過去: guò qù — 1. (in the) past; former; previous 2. to go over; to pass by (HSK 2)
現在: xiàn zài — now; at present; currently (HSK 1)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
講道: jiǎng dào — 1. to preach 2. a sermon
理: lǐ — 1. texture 2. grain (of wood) 3. inner essence 4. intrinsic order 5. reason 6. logic 7. truth 8. science 9. natural science (esp. physics) 10. to manage 11. to pay attention to 12. to run (affairs) 13. to handle 14. to put in order 15. to tidy up (HSK 6)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
時候: shí hou — 1. time 2. length of time 3. moment 4. period (HSK 1)
不但: bù dàn — not only (... but also ...) (HSK 2)
脣: chún — variant of 唇 (chún)
邊: biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
抹: mā — to wipe (HSK 7-9)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
油: yóu — 1. oil 2. fat 3. grease 4. petroleum 5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish 6. oily 7. greasy 8. glib 9. cunning (HSK 2)
而且: ér qiě — 1. (not only ...) but also 2. moreover; in addition; furthermore (HSK 2)
心: xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
滿: Mǎn — Manchu ethnic group (HSK 2)
裝: zhuāng — 1. adornment 2. to adorn 3. dress 4. clothing 5. costume (of an actor in a play) 6. to play a role 7. to pretend 8. to install 9. to fix 10. to wrap (sth in a bag) 11. to load 12. to pack (HSK 2)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
意思: yì si — 1. idea 2. opinion 3. meaning 4. wish 5. desire 6. interest 7. fun 8. token of appreciation, affection etc 9. classifier: 個 (gè) 10. to give as a small token 11. to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc (HSK 2)

，。Pitch dark—I do not know whether it is day or night.。The Zhao family's dog has started barking again.

，，，……The fierce heart of a lion, the timidity of a rabbit, the cunning of a fox, ...

VII

，，，，。I know their method: they are unwilling to kill me outright, and moreover dare not, for fear of retribution.，，。So they have all banded together, spreading a net everywhere, to force me to destroy myself.，，。Just consider the looks of the men and women on the street these past few days, and my elder brother's conduct these last few days—that is enough to make one understand eight or nine parts of it.，，；Best of all would be to untie my belt, hang it from the beam, and strangle myself tightly to death;，，。They bear no name of murder, and moreover have had their wish fulfilled, so naturally they all break out joyfully into a kind of muffled, whimpering laughter.，，。Otherwise, if he dies of fright and worry, though somewhat thinner, they can still nod their approval a few times.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
方法: fāng fǎ — method; way; technique; procedure (HSK 2)
直捷: zhí jié — straightforward
殺: shā — 1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack 2. to weaken; to reduce 3. (dialect) to smart 4. (used after a verb) extremely (HSK 5)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
肯: kěn — 1. to agree; to consent 2. to be willing to (HSK 6)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
而且: ér qiě — 1. (not only ...) but also 2. moreover; in addition; furthermore (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
敢: gǎn — 1. to dare 2. daring 3. (polite) may I venture (HSK 3)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
禍: huò — 1. disaster 2. misfortune 3. calamity
祟: suì — evil spirit
所以: suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
大家: dà jiā — 1. everyone 2. influential family 3. great expert (HSK 2)
連絡: lián luò — variant of 聯絡 (lián luò)
布滿: bù mǎn — 1. to be covered with 2. to be filled with (HSK 6)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
羅網: luó wǎng — 1. net 2. fishing net 3. bird net
逼: bī — 1. to force (sb to do sth) 2. to compel 3. to press for 4. to extort 5. to press on towards 6. to press up to 7. to close in on 8. euphemistic variant of 屄 (bī) (HSK 6)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
自戕: zì qiāng — (literary) to commit suicide; to take one's own life
試: shì — 1. to test 2. to try 3. experiment 4. examination 5. test (HSK 1)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
前幾天: qián jǐ tiān — 1. a few days ago 2. a few days before 3. the past few days 4. the previous few days
街上: jiē shang — 1. on the street 2. in town
男女: nán nǚ — 1. male-female 2. male and female (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
樣子: yàng zi — 1. appearance 2. manner 3. pattern 4. model (HSK 2)
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
這幾天: zhè jǐ tiān — the past few days
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
作: zuō — 1. (bound form) worker 2. (bound form) workshop 3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) (HSK 6)
爲: wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
足: jù — excessive (HSK 6)
可: kě — 1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able 2. to approve; to permit 3. to suit 4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very 5. but; however (HSK 5)
悟: wù — 1. to comprehend 2. to apprehend 3. to become aware
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
八: bā — eight (HSK 1)
九: jiǔ — 1. nine 2. 9 (HSK 1)
分: fēn — 1. to divide; to separate 2. to distribute; to allocate 3. to distinguish (good and bad) 4. (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēn jú)) 5. fraction 6. one tenth (of certain units) 7. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm 8. minute (unit of time) 9. minute (angular measurement unit) 10. a point (in sports or games) 11. 0.01 yuan (unit of money) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
最好是: zuì hǎo shì — (as a complete expression, or followed by 啦 (la)) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if!
解: Xiè — surname Xie (HSK 6)
下腰: xià yāo — 1. (gymnastics) to do a bridge 2. to do a crab
帶: dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)
挂: guà — 1. to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) 2. to hang up (the phone) 3. (of a line) to be dead 4. to be worried; to be concerned 5. (dialect) to make a phone call 6. to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) 7. (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) 8. classifier for sets or clusters of objects (HSK 3)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
梁: Liáng — 1. Liang Dynasty (502–557) 2. Later Liang Dynasty (907–923) 3. surname Liang
上: shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)
自己: zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)
緊緊: jǐn jǐn — 1. closely 2. tightly (HSK 5)
勒死: lēi sǐ — to strangle
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
沒有: méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)
殺人: shā rén — 1. homicide 2. to murder 3. to kill (a person)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
罪名: zuì míng — 1. charge; accusation 2. stigma; bad name; stained reputation
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
償: cháng — 1. to repay 2. to compensate for 3. to recompense 4. to fulfill (hopes etc)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
心願: xīn yuàn — 1. cherished desire 2. dream 3. craving 4. wish 5. aspiration (HSK 6)
自然: zì rán — 1. nature 2. natural 3. naturally (HSK 3)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
歡天喜地: huān tiān xǐ dì — 1. delighted 2. with great joy 3. in high spirits
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
發出: fā chū — 1. to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch 2. to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) (HSK 3)
一種: yī zhǒng — one kind of; one type of
嗚嗚: wū wū — (interj) boo hoo
咽: yān — 1. throat; pharynx 2. narrow pass (HSK 7-9)
咽: yān — 1. throat; pharynx 2. narrow pass (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
笑聲: xiào shēng — laughter (HSK 6)
否則: fǒu zé — otherwise; if not; or (else) (HSK 4)
驚嚇: jīng xià — 1. to frighten 2. to horrify 3. to terrify
憂愁: yōu chóu — to be worried (HSK 7-9)
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
雖則: suī zé — 1. nevertheless 2. although
略: lüè — 1. brief; sketchy 2. outline; summary 3. to omit 4. (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly 5. plan; strategy 6. to capture (territory) (HSK 7-9)
瘦: shòu — 1. thin 2. to lose weight 3. (of clothing) tight 4. (of meat) lean 5. (of land) unproductive (HSK 5)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
首肯: shǒu kěn — to give a nod of approval
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
下: xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

！——，，『』，；They only know how to eat dead flesh! — I remember reading in some book that there is a creature called the 'hyena,' whose eyes and appearance are both very ugly;，，，，。『』，。it often eats dead flesh, chewing even huge bones into fine bits and swallowing them down — the very thought of it is enough to frighten one. The 'hyena' is a kinsman of the wolf, and the wolf is a relative of the dog.，，，，。The day before yesterday, the Zhao family's dog looked at me several times — clearly he too is in the conspiracy, and has long since come to an understanding with them; the old man kept his eyes fixed on the ground.。How could he possibly deceive me?

他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
只: zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
肉: ròu — 1. meat 2. flesh 3. pulp (of a fruit) 4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy 5. (of a person) flabby 6. irresolute 7. Kangxi radical 130 (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
記得: jì de — to remember (HSK 1)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
書: Shū — abbr. for 書經 (Shū jīng) (HSK 1)
上: shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
一種: yī zhǒng — one kind of; one type of
東西: dōng xī — east and west (HSK 1)
叫: jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)
海: Hǎi — surname Hai (HSK 2)
乙: yǐ — 1. second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān) 2. second in order 3. letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc 4. second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方 (yǐ fāng), as opposed to 甲方 (jiǎ fāng)) 5. ethyl 6. bent 7. winding 8. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) 9. ancient Chinese compass point: 105° (HSK 5)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
眼光: yǎn guāng — 1. gaze 2. insight 3. foresight 4. vision 5. way of looking at things (HSK 5)
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
樣子: yàng zi — 1. appearance 2. manner 3. pattern 4. model (HSK 2)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
很: hěn — 1. very; quite 2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) (HSK 1)
難看: nán kàn — 1. ugly 2. unsightly (HSK 2)
時常: shí cháng — often; frequently (HSK 5)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
肉: ròu — 1. meat 2. flesh 3. pulp (of a fruit) 4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy 5. (of a person) flabby 6. irresolute 7. Kangxi radical 130 (HSK 1)
連: Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)
極大: jí dà — 1. enormous; great 2. (math.) maximum
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
骨頭: gǔ tou — 1. bone 2. classifier: 根 (gēn), 塊 (kuài) 3. moral character 4. bitterness 5. Taiwan pr. (gú tou) (HSK 4)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
細細: xì xì — 1. attentive 2. careful
嚼: jiáo — 1. to chew 2. also pr. (jué) (HSK 7-9)
爛: làn — 1. soft; mushy 2. well-cooked and soft 3. to rot; to decompose 4. rotten 5. worn out 6. chaotic; messy 7. utterly; thoroughly 8. crappy; bad (HSK 5)
嚥下: yàn xià — to swallow
肚子: dù zi — 1. belly 2. abdomen 3. stomach 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 4)
去: qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)
想起來: xiǎng qi lai — 1. to remember 2. to recall
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
害怕: hài pà — to be afraid; to be scared (HSK 3)
海: Hǎi — surname Hai (HSK 2)
乙: yǐ — 1. second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān) 2. second in order 3. letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc 4. second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方 (yǐ fāng), as opposed to 甲方 (jiǎ fāng)) 5. ethyl 6. bent 7. winding 8. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) 9. ancient Chinese compass point: 105° (HSK 5)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
狼: láng — 1. wolf 2. classifier: 匹 (pǐ), 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
親眷: qīn juàn — relatives
狼: láng — 1. wolf 2. classifier: 匹 (pǐ), 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
狗: gǒu — 1. dog 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
本家: běn jiā — 1. a member of the same clan 2. a distant relative with the same family name
前天: qián tiān — the day before yesterday (HSK 1)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
家的: jiā de — (old) wife
狗: gǒu — 1. dog 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
眼: yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)
可見: kě jiàn — 1. it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) 2. it is (thus) clear 3. clear 4. visible (HSK 4)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
同謀: tóng móu — 1. to conspire with sb 2. to plot 3. a conspirator 4. a partner in crime 5. an accomplice
早已: zǎo yǐ — 1. for a long time; long since 2. (dialect) in the past (HSK 3)
接洽: jiē qià — 1. to discuss a matter with sb 2. to get in touch with 3. to arrange
老頭子: lǎo tóu zi — 1. (coll.) old man 2. (said of an aging husband) my old man
眼看: yǎn kàn — 1. soon 2. in a moment 3. to look on as sth happens (HSK 6)
着地: zháo dì — 1. to land 2. to touch the ground 3. also pr. (zhuó dì)
豈: kǎi — 1. old variant of 愷 (kǎi) 2. old variant of 凱 (kǎi)
能: Néng — surname Neng (HSK 1)
瞞: mán — 1. to conceal from 2. to keep (sb) in the dark (HSK 7-9)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
過: Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

。The most pitiable one is my elder brother.，；He too is a man — why is he not the least bit afraid;？and moreover joins the gang in eating me?，？Is it that he has been used to it all along, and does not consider it wrong?，？Or is it that he has lost his conscience, and knowingly commits the offense anyway?

最: zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)
可憐: kě lián — 1. pitiful 2. pathetic 3. to have pity on (HSK 5)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
何以: hé yǐ — 1. (literary) why 2. how
毫不: háo bù — 1. hardly 2. not in the least 3. not at all (HSK 7-9)
害怕: hài pà — to be afraid; to be scared (HSK 3)
而且: ér qiě — 1. (not only ...) but also 2. moreover; in addition; furthermore (HSK 2)
合夥: hé huǒ — to act jointly; to form a partnership (HSK 7-9)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
呢: ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)
還是: hái shi — 1. still (as before) 2. had better 3. unexpectedly 4. or (HSK 1)
歷來: lì lái — 1. always 2. throughout (a period of time) 3. (of) all-time (HSK 7-9)
慣: guàn — 1. accustomed to 2. used to 3. indulge 4. to spoil (a child) (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
以: Yǐ — abbr. for Israel 以色列 (Yǐ sè liè) (HSK 7-9)
爲: wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
非: Fēi — abbr. for 非洲 (Fēi zhōu), Africa (HSK 4)
呢: ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)
還是: hái shi — 1. still (as before) 2. had better 3. unexpectedly 4. or (HSK 1)
喪: sāng — 1. mourning 2. funeral 3. (old) corpse
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
良心: liáng xīn — conscience (HSK 7-9)
明知故犯: míng zhī gù fàn — deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
呢: ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

，；I curse the people-eaters — I shall begin with him;，。and if I am to persuade the people-eaters to turn back, I shall start with him too.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
詛: zǔ — 1. curse 2. swear (oath)
呪: zhòu — variant of 咒 (zhòu)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
先: xiān — 1. beforehand; first; earlier 2. at first; originally 3. for the time being; for now 4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) (HSK 1)
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
起頭: qǐ tóu — 1. to start 2. at first 3. beginning
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
勸: quàn — 1. to advise 2. to urge 3. to try to persuade 4. to exhort 5. to console 6. to soothe (HSK 5)
轉: zhuǎi — see 轉文 (zhuǎi wén) (HSK 3)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
先: xiān — 1. beforehand; first; earlier 2. at first; originally 3. for the time being; for now 4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) (HSK 1)
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
下手: xià shǒu — 1. to start 2. to put one's hand to 3. to set about 4. the seat to the right of the main guest (HSK 7-9)

，，，……Actually, by now, this reasoning is something they surely ought to have understood long ago, ……

；Suddenly a man arrived;，，，，。he was no more than twenty years old or so, and I could not make out his features very clearly; his face was full of smiles, and he nodded at me — though his smile did not look like a real smile.：『，？』：『，。』，，；So I asked him: 'Is it right to eat people?' Still smiling, he said: 'If it isn't a famine year, how could there be any eating of people?' I knew at once that he too was one of the gang, one who delighted in eating people;，。and so, filled with a hundredfold courage, I insisted on questioning him further.

忽然: hū rán — suddenly; all of a sudden (HSK 2)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一個人: yī gè rén — 1. by oneself (without assistance) 2. alone (without company)
年紀: nián jì — 1. age 2. classifier: 把 (bǎ), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
不過: bù guò — 1. only 2. merely 3. no more than 4. but 5. however 6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic) 7. cannot be more (after adjectival) (HSK 2)
二十: èr shí — twenty; 20
左右: zuǒ yòu — 1. left and right 2. nearby 3. approximately 4. attendant 5. to control 6. to influence (HSK 3)
相貌: xiàng mào — appearance
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
不很: bù hěn — not very
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
淸: qīng — variant of 清 (qīng)
楚: Chǔ — 1. surname Chu 2. abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 (Hú běi Shěng) and Hunan 湖南省 (Hú nán Shěng) provinces together 3. Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
滿面: mǎn miàn — 1. across one's whole face 2. (smiling) from ear to ear
笑容: xiào róng — 1. smile 2. smiling expression 3. classifier: 副 (fù) (HSK 6)
對了: duì le — 1. Correct! 2. Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) 3. Oh, by the way, ...
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
點頭: diǎn tóu — to nod (HSK 2)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
像: xiàng — 1. to resemble 2. to be like 3. to look as if 4. such as 5. appearance 6. image 7. portrait 8. image under a mapping (math.) (HSK 2)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
問: wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
仍然: réng rán — still; as before; yet (HSK 3)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
不是: bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not
荒年: huāng nián — year of famine
怎麽: zěn me — variant of 怎麼 (zěn me) (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
立刻: lì kè — immediately; at once; right away (HSK 3)
就: jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
喜歡: xǐ huan — to like; to be fond of (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
自: zì — 1. (bound form) self; oneself 2. from; since 3. naturally; as a matter of course (HSK 4)
勇氣: yǒng qì — courage (HSK 4)
百倍: bǎi bèi — 1. a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly 2. to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes)
偏要: piān yào — 1. to insist on doing sth 2. must do it, despite everything
問: wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

『？』'Is it right?'

『。'Why ask about a thing like that.……You really do…。……like to joke.…。』The weather's very fine today.'

，。The weather was indeed fine, and the moonlight was very bright too.，『？』But I wanted to ask him, 'Is it right?'

。He did not agree.，『……』He answered evasively, 'No…'

『？'Not right?！』Then why do they actually eat people!'

『……』'There's no such thing…'

『？'No such thing?；In Wolf Cub Village they're eating people right now;，！』and besides, it's all written in the books, fresh red, brand new!'

，。At this his face changed color, turning iron-blue.，『，……』With staring eyes he said, 'There may be such a thing — it has always been so…'

『，？』'Just because it has always been so, does that make it right?'

『；'I won't argue such matters with you;，！』in any case, you ought not to speak of it — if you speak of it, then you are in the wrong!'

，，。I sprang straight up, opened my eyes, and the man had vanished.。My whole body broke out in a great sweat.，，；He was far younger than my elder brother, and yet he too was actually one of the gang;。this must surely be something his parents taught him first.；And I fear he may already have taught it to his own son;，。that is why even the little children look at me so fiercely.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
直: Zhí — 1. surname Zhi 2. Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God (HSK 3)
跳: tiào — 1. to jump 2. to hop 3. to skip over 4. to bounce 5. to palpitate (HSK 3)
起來: qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)
張開: zhāng kāi — 1. to open up 2. to spread 3. to extend
眼: yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
不見了: bù jiàn le — 1. to have disappeared 2. to be missing 3. nowhere to be found
全身: quán shēn — 1. the whole body 2. (typography) em (HSK 2)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
大片: dà piàn — 1. wide expanse 2. large area 3. vast stretch 4. extending widely 5. blockbuster movie (HSK 7-9)
汗: hán — see 可汗 (kè hán), 汗國 (hán guó) (HSK 5)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
年紀: nián jì — 1. age 2. classifier: 把 (bǎ), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
比: Bǐ — 1. Belgium 2. Belgian 3. abbr. for 比利時 (Bǐ lì shí) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
小: xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
遠: yuǎn — 1. far 2. distant 3. remote 4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far 5. much (lower etc) (HSK 1)
居然: jū rán — 1. unexpectedly 2. to one's surprise 3. go so far as to (HSK 5)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
一定: yī dìng — 1. surely; certainly; definitely 2. fixed; settled 3. a certain ...; a given ... (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
娘: niáng — 1. mother 2. young lady 3. (coll.) effeminate (HSK 7-9)
老子: Lǎo zǐ — 1. Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism 2. the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經 (Dào dé jīng) by Laozi
先: xiān — 1. beforehand; first; earlier 2. at first; originally 3. for the time being; for now 4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) (HSK 1)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
已經: yǐ jīng — already (HSK 2)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
兒子: ér zi — son (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
所以: suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)
連: Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)
小孩子: xiǎo hái zi — child
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
惡狠狠: è hěn hěn — very fierce
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

，，，。……Wanting to eat others themselves, yet afraid of being eaten by others, they all eye one another with looks of the deepest suspicion. ……

，，。If they could cast off this mindset, and go about their work, walking, eating, and sleeping with an easy mind — how comfortable that would be.，。It is only a threshold, a single turning point.、、、、、，，，，。Yet they — fathers and sons, brothers, husbands and wives, friends, teachers and students, enemies, and people who do not even know one another — have all banded together into one gang, urging one another on, restraining one another, and would rather die than take this one step.

去: qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
心思: xīn si — 1. mind 2. thoughts 3. inclination 4. mood (HSK 7-9)
放心: fàng xīn — 1. to feel relieved 2. to feel reassured 3. to be at ease (HSK 2)
做事: zuò shì — 1. to work 2. to handle matters 3. to have a job
走路: zǒu lù — 1. to walk; to go on foot 2. to leave; to depart 3. (informal) to clear off; to beat it 4. (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
飯: fàn — 1. cooked rice 2. classifier: 碗 (wǎn) 3. meal 4. classifier: 頓 (dùn) 5. (loanword) fan 6. devotee (HSK 1)
睡覺: shuì jiào — 1. to go to bed 2. to sleep (HSK 1)
何等: hé děng — 1. what kind? 2. how, what 3. somewhat
舒服: shū fu — 1. comfortable 2. feeling well (HSK 2)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
只是: zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
條: tiáo — 1. strip 2. item 3. article 4. clause (of law or treaty) 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) (HSK 2)
門檻: mén kǎn — 1. doorstep 2. sill 3. threshold 4. fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) (HSK 7-9)
一個: yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
關頭: guān tóu — 1. juncture 2. moment (HSK 7-9)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
父子: fù zǐ — father and son (HSK 6)
兄弟: xiōng dì — 1. brothers 2. younger brother 3. classifier: 個 (gè) 4. I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) 5. brotherly 6. fraternal (HSK 4)
夫婦: fū fù — 1. a (married) couple 2. husband and wife 3. classifier: 對 (duì) (HSK 4)
朋友: péng you — 1. friend 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)
師生: shī shēng — teachers and students (HSK 6)
仇敵: chóu dí — enemy
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
各: gè — 1. each 2. every (HSK 3)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
相識: xiāng shí — 1. to get to know each other 2. acquaintance (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
結成: jié chéng — 1. to form 2. to forge (alliances etc)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
互相: hù xiāng — 1. each other 2. mutually 3. mutual (HSK 3)
勸勉: quàn miǎn — 1. to advise 2. to encourage
互相: hù xiāng — 1. each other 2. mutually 3. mutual (HSK 3)
牽掣: qiān chè — 1. to impede 2. to hold up
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
肯: kěn — 1. to agree; to consent 2. to be willing to (HSK 6)
跨: kuà — 1. to step across 2. to stride over 3. to straddle 4. to span (HSK 6)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
步: Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)

，；Early in the morning, I went to look for my elder brother;，，，，：he was standing outside the hall door gazing at the sky. I walked up behind him, blocked the doorway, and, with unusual calm and unusual gentleness, said to him:

大: dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)
淸: qīng — variant of 清 (qīng)
早: zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)
去: qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)
尋: xún — 1. to search 2. to look for 3. to seek (HSK 7-9)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
立: Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
堂: táng — 1. (main) hall 2. large room for a specific purpose 3. classifier: 間 (jiān) 4. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family 5. of the same clan 6. classifier for classes, lectures etc 7. classifier for sets of furniture (HSK 7-9)
門外: mén wài — outside the door
看: kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)
天: tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
走: zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
背後: bèi hòu — 1. behind 2. at the back 3. in the rear 4. behind sb's back (HSK 3)
攔住: lán zhù — 1. to stop 2. to bar the way
門: Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)
格外: gé wài — 1. especially; particularly; even more than usual 2. extra; additional (HSK 4)
沈: Shěn — surname Shen
靜: jìng — 1. still 2. calm 3. quiet 4. not moving (HSK 3)
格外: gé wài — 1. especially; particularly; even more than usual 2. extra; additional (HSK 4)
和氣: hé qi — 1. friendly 2. polite 3. amiable (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

『，。』'Elder Brother, I have something to tell you.'

『。』，。'Go ahead and say it.' He quickly turned his face around and nodded.

『，。'I have only a few words to say, but I find it hard to get them out.，，。Elder Brother, most likely, in the beginning, savage people all ate a bit of human flesh.，，，，。Later, because their minds diverged, some stopped eating people, and, striving wholeheartedly to be good, changed into men — into true human beings.，——，、、，。Some, however, still went on eating — just like insects: some of them changed into fish, into birds, into monkeys, and went on changing all the way into men.，。Some did not strive to be good, and to this day remain insects.，。How ashamed these people-eaters ought to be, compared with those who do not eat people.，。Their shame is probably far, far less than the shame insects feel before monkeys.

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
只有: zhǐ yǒu — 1. only have ...; there is only ... 2. (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng quán yù) "the only way to cure it is with therapy") 3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 (zhǐ yǒu nán xìng cái yǒu cǐ xū yào) "only men would have such a requirement") 4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 (zhǐ yǒu qū fú) "the only thing you can do is give in") (HSK 3)
幾: jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)
句: gōu — variant of 勾 (gōu) (HSK 2)
話: huà — 1. dialect 2. language 3. spoken words 4. speech 5. talk 6. words 7. conversation 8. what sb said 9. classifier: 種 (zhǒng), 席 (xí), 句 (jù), 口 (kǒu), 番 (fān) (HSK 1)
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
說不出: shuō bu chū — unable to say
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
大約: dà yuē — 1. approximately 2. probably (HSK 3)
當初: dāng chū — 1. at that time 2. originally (HSK 3)
野蠻: yě mán — 1. barbarous 2. uncivilized (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
過: Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)
一點: yī diǎn — 1. a bit; a little bit 2. (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit 3. (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er 4. a point (in a discussion etc) 5. (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) 6. one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾 (yī diǎn zhōng))
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
後來: hòu lái — 1. afterwards; later 2. newly arrived (HSK 2)
因: yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)
爲: wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
心思: xīn si — 1. mind 2. thoughts 3. inclination 4. mood (HSK 7-9)
不同: bù tóng — 1. different 2. distinct 3. not the same 4. not alike (HSK 2)
有的: yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一味: yī wèi — persistently; stubbornly; blindly (HSK 7-9)
要好: yào hǎo — 1. to be on good terms 2. to be close friends 3. striving for self-improvement (HSK 6)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
變: biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
變: biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
有的: yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)
卻: què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
蟲子: chóng zi — 1. insect 2. bug 3. worm 4. classifier: 條 (tiáo), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 4)
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)
有的: yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)
變: biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
魚: Yú — surname Yu (HSK 2)
鳥: diǎo — 1. variant of 屌 (diǎo) 2. penis (HSK 2)
猴子: hóu zi — 1. monkey 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī)
一直: yī zhí — 1. straight (in a straight line) 2. continuously; always; all the way through (HSK 2)
變: biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
有的: yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)
不要: bù yào — don't!; must not (HSK 2)
好: hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)
至今: zhì jīn — 1. so far 2. to this day 3. until now (HSK 3)
還是: hái shi — 1. still (as before) 2. had better 3. unexpectedly 4. or (HSK 1)
蟲子: chóng zi — 1. insect 2. bug 3. worm 4. classifier: 條 (tiáo), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 4)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
比: Bǐ — 1. Belgium 2. Belgian 3. abbr. for 比利時 (Bǐ lì shí) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
何等: hé děng — 1. what kind? 2. how, what 3. somewhat
慚愧: cán kuì — ashamed (HSK 7-9)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
比: Bǐ — 1. Belgium 2. Belgian 3. abbr. for 比利時 (Bǐ lì shí) (HSK 1)
蟲子: chóng zi — 1. insect 2. bug 3. worm 4. classifier: 條 (tiáo), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
慚愧: cán kuì — ashamed (HSK 7-9)
猴子: hóu zi — 1. monkey 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
差: chā — 1. difference; discrepancy 2. (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) 3. (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly (HSK 1)
得很: de hěn — (after an adjective) very
遠: yuǎn — 1. far 2. distant 3. remote 4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far 5. much (lower etc) (HSK 1)
很: hěn — 1. very; quite 2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) (HSK 1)
遠: yuǎn — 1. far 2. distant 3. remote 4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far 5. much (lower etc) (HSK 1)

『，，。'When Yi Ya steamed his own son and gave him to Jie and Zhou to eat, that was already a story from long, long ago.，；Who would have thought that ever since Pangu separated heaven and earth, people had been eaten on and on, right down to Yi Ya's son;，；and from Yi Ya's son, on and on down to Xu Xilin;，。and from Xu Xilin, on and on again to the man caught in Wolf Cub Village.，，。Last year, when a criminal was executed in the city, there was even a man with consumption who dipped a steamed bun in the blood and licked it.

易: Yì — 1. surname Yi 2. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經 (Yì jīng))
牙: yá — 1. tooth 2. ivory 3. classifier: 顆 (kē) (HSK 4)
蒸: zhēng — 1. to evaporate 2. (of cooking) to steam 3. torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) 4. finely chopped firewood (old) (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
兒子: ér zi — son (HSK 1)
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
桀: jié — 1. (emperor of Xia dynasty) 2. cruel
紂: Zhòu — Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王 (Shāng Zhòu Wáng) (the name refers to a crupper 紂 (zhòu), the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
還是: hái shi — 1. still (as before) 2. had better 3. unexpectedly 4. or (HSK 1)
一直: yī zhí — 1. straight (in a straight line) 2. continuously; always; all the way through (HSK 2)
從前: cóng qián — 1. previously 2. formerly 3. once upon a time (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)
誰: shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
盤古: Pán gǔ — Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
開闢: kāi pì — 1. to open up 2. to set up 3. to establish (HSK 7-9)
天地: tiān dì — 1. heaven and earth 2. world 3. scope 4. field of activity (HSK 7-9)
以後: yǐ hòu — 1. after 2. later 3. afterwards 4. following 5. later on 6. in the future (HSK 2)
一直: yī zhí — 1. straight (in a straight line) 2. continuously; always; all the way through (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
易: Yì — 1. surname Yi 2. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經 (Yì jīng))
牙: yá — 1. tooth 2. ivory 3. classifier: 顆 (kē) (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
兒子: ér zi — son (HSK 1)
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
易: Yì — 1. surname Yi 2. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經 (Yì jīng))
牙: yá — 1. tooth 2. ivory 3. classifier: 顆 (kē) (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
兒子: ér zi — son (HSK 1)
一直: yī zhí — 1. straight (in a straight line) 2. continuously; always; all the way through (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
徐: Xú — surname Xu
錫: xī — 1. tin (chemistry) 2. to bestow 3. to confer 4. to grant 5. Taiwan pr. (xí) (HSK 7-9)
林: Lín — 1. surname Lin 2. Japanese surname Hayashi
從: Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)
徐: Xú — surname Xu
錫: xī — 1. tin (chemistry) 2. to bestow 3. to confer 4. to grant 5. Taiwan pr. (xí) (HSK 7-9)
林: Lín — 1. surname Lin 2. Japanese surname Hayashi
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
一直: yī zhí — 1. straight (in a straight line) 2. continuously; always; all the way through (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
狼: láng — 1. wolf 2. classifier: 匹 (pǐ), 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
村: cūn — 1. village 2. (dialect) to scold 3. rustic; boorish (HSK 3)
捉住: zhuō zhù — 1. to catch 2. to grapple with 3. to hold onto
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
去年: qù nián — last year (HSK 1)
城: chéng — 1. city walls 2. city 3. town 4. classifier: 座 (zuò), 道 (dào), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
殺: shā — 1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack 2. to weaken; to reduce 3. (dialect) to smart 4. (used after a verb) extremely (HSK 5)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
犯人: fàn rén — 1. convict 2. prisoner 3. criminal
還有: hái yǒu — 1. there still remain(s); there is (or are) still 2. in addition (HSK 1)
個: gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)
生: shēng — 1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born 2. to arise; to occur 3. to light (a fire) 4. to live; to be alive 5. life 6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed 7. unfamiliar; strange 8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field 9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera 10. (bound form) life; lifetime 11. (bound form) means of livelihood 12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 (shēng téng)) 13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 (shēng lā yìng zhuài)) (HSK 2)
癆病: láo bìng — tuberculosis (TCM)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
用: yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)
饅頭: mán tou — steamed bun (HSK 6)
蘸: zhàn — to dip in (ink, sauce etc) (HSK 7-9)
血: xiě — see 血 (xuè) (HSK 3)
舐: shì — 1. to lick 2. to lap (up)

『，，；'As for their wanting to eat me — you alone, of course, can do nothing about it;。but why then must you join their gang?，；People-eaters are capable of anything;，，，。they can eat me, and they can eat you too — even within the same gang, they will eat one another.，，。But if you would only turn about, only reform at once, then everyone could live in peace.，，！Even though it has always been so, today we could make a special effort to be good, and say: it cannot be done!，，，。』Elder Brother, I believe you are able to say it — the day before yesterday, when the tenant farmers wanted to reduce their rent, you said it could not be done.'

他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
一個人: yī gè rén — 1. by oneself (without assistance) 2. alone (without company)
原: Yuán — 1. surname Yuan 2. (Japanese surname) Hara (HSK 6)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
無法: wú fǎ — unable to; incapable of (HSK 4)
可: kě — 1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able 2. to approve; to permit 3. to suit 4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very 5. but; however (HSK 5)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
然而: rán ér — however; but; yet (HSK 4)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
何必: hé bì — 1. there is no need 2. why should (HSK 7-9)
去: qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)
入: rù — 1. to enter; to go into 2. to join; to become a member of 3. (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時 (rù shí)) 4. abbr. for 入聲 (rù shēng) 5. (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") (HSK 6)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
什: shén — what
麽: me — variant of 麼 (me)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)
做: zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
裏面: lǐ miàn — variant of 裡面 (lǐ miàn) (HSK 3)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
自: zì — 1. (bound form) self; oneself 2. from; since 3. naturally; as a matter of course (HSK 4)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
但: dàn — 1. but; yet; however; still 2. merely; only; just (HSK 2)
只要: zhǐ yào — so long as; provided; if (HSK 2)
轉: zhuǎi — see 轉文 (zhuǎi wén) (HSK 3)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
步: Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)
只要: zhǐ yào — so long as; provided; if (HSK 2)
立刻: lì kè — immediately; at once; right away (HSK 3)
改: gǎi — 1. to change 2. to alter 3. to transform 4. to correct (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
就: jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)
人人: rén rén — 1. everyone 2. every person
太平: Tài píng — see 太平區 (Tài píng Qū) (HSK 7-9)
雖然: suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)
從來: cóng lái — 1. always 2. at all times 3. never (if used in negative sentence) (HSK 3)
如此: rú cǐ — like this; so; such (HSK 5)
我們: wǒ men — we; us; ourselves; our (HSK 1)
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
可以: kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)
格外: gé wài — 1. especially; particularly; even more than usual 2. extra; additional (HSK 4)
要好: yào hǎo — 1. to be on good terms 2. to be close friends 3. striving for self-improvement (HSK 6)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
不能: bù néng — 1. cannot 2. must not 3. should not
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
相信: xiāng xìn — to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true (HSK 2)
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
能: Néng — surname Neng (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
前天: qián tiān — the day before yesterday (HSK 1)
佃戶: diàn hù — tenant farmer
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
減租: jiǎn zū — to reduce rent
你: nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
過: Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)
不能: bù néng — 1. cannot 2. must not 3. should not

，，，，。At first he only sneered coldly; then his eyes grew fierce and savage, and the moment I laid bare their hidden secret, his whole face turned blue.，，，。Outside the main gate stood a crowd of people; Zhao Guiweng and his dog were among them too, all craning their necks and edging their way in.，；Some had faces I could not make out, as though covered with cloth;，。others still had their pallid, greenish faces and jagged teeth, lips pressed together in a smile.，。I recognized them as being of the same gang, all people-eaters.，，；Yet I also knew their minds were not all alike: one kind believed that, since it had always been so, people ought to be eaten;，，，，，。another kind knew it should not be done, yet still wanted to do it, and, fearing others might expose them, grew all the more indignant on hearing my words — yet still only pressed their lips together in a cold sneer.

當初: dāng chū — 1. at that time 2. originally (HSK 3)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
只是: zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)
冷笑: lěng xiào — 1. to sneer 2. to laugh grimly 3. grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) 4. bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile (HSK 7-9)
隨後: suí hòu — afterward; later; subsequently; following that (HSK 5)
眼光: yǎn guāng — 1. gaze 2. insight 3. foresight 4. vision 5. way of looking at things (HSK 5)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
凶狠: xiōng hěn — 1. cruel 2. vicious 3. fierce and malicious 4. vengeful (HSK 7-9)
起來: qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
到: dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)
說破: shuō pò — 1. to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) 2. to reveal
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
隱情: yǐn qíng — 1. sth one wishes to keep secret 2. ulterior motive 3. a subject best avoided (HSK 7-9)
那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
就: jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)
滿臉: mǎn liǎn — across one's whole face
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
變成: biàn chéng — 1. to change into 2. to turn into 3. to become (HSK 2)
靑: qīng — variant of 青 (qīng)
色: sè — 1. color 2. classifier: 種 (zhǒng) 3. look 4. appearance 5. sex (HSK 4)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
大門: Dà mén — the Doors, US rock band (HSK 2)
外: wài — 1. outside 2. in addition 3. foreign 4. external (HSK 1)
立: Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
趙: Zhào — 1. surname Zhao 2. one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC) 3. the Former Zhao 前趙 (Qián Zhào) (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (Hòu Zhào) (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
貴: Guì — short name for Guizhou 貴州 (Guì zhōu) (HSK 1)
翁: Wēng — surname Weng
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
狗: gǒu — 1. dog 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
裏面: lǐ miàn — variant of 裡面 (lǐ miàn) (HSK 3)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
探頭探腦: tàn tóu tàn nǎo — to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
挨: āi — 1. in order; in sequence 2. close to; adjacent to (HSK 6)
進來: jìn lái — to come in (HSK 1)
有的是: yǒu de shì — 1. have plenty of 2. there's no lack of (HSK 3)
看不出: kàn bu chū — can't discern
面貌: miàn mào — 1. face; features 2. appearance; look (HSK 5)
似乎: sì hū — it seems; seemingly; as if (HSK 4)
用: yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)
布: bù — 1. cloth 2. to declare 3. to announce 4. to spread 5. to make known (HSK 3)
蒙: Méng — surname Meng (HSK 6)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
有的是: yǒu de shì — 1. have plenty of 2. there's no lack of (HSK 3)
仍舊: réng jiù — 1. still (remaining) 2. to remain (the same) 3. yet (HSK 5)
靑: qīng — variant of 青 (qīng)
面: miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
潦: lǎo — 1. flooded 2. heavy rain
牙: yá — 1. tooth 2. ivory 3. classifier: 顆 (kē) (HSK 4)
抿: mǐn — 1. to smooth hair with a wet brush 2. (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly 3. to sip
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
笑: xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
認識: rèn shi — 1. to know 2. to recognize 3. to be familiar with 4. to get acquainted with sb 5. knowledge 6. understanding 7. awareness 8. cognition (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
心思: xīn si — 1. mind 2. thoughts 3. inclination 4. mood (HSK 7-9)
很: hěn — 1. very; quite 2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) (HSK 1)
不一樣: bù yī yàng — 1. different 2. distinctive 3. unlike
一種: yī zhǒng — one kind of; one type of
是以: shì yǐ — 1. therefore 2. thus 3. so
爲: wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
從來: cóng lái — 1. always 2. at all times 3. never (if used in negative sentence) (HSK 3)
如此: rú cǐ — like this; so; such (HSK 5)
應該: yīng gāi — ought to; should; must (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
一種: yī zhǒng — one kind of; one type of
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
知道: zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)
不該: bù gāi — 1. should not 2. to owe nothing
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
仍然: réng rán — still; as before; yet (HSK 3)
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
別人: bié ren — other people; others; other person (HSK 1)
說破: shuō pò — 1. to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) 2. to reveal
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
所以: suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)
聽: tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
的話: de huà — if (coming after a conditional clause) (HSK 2)
越發: yuè fā — 1. increasingly 2. more and more 3. ever more 4. all the more (HSK 7-9)
氣憤: qì fèn — 1. indignant 2. furious (HSK 7-9)
不過: bù guò — 1. only 2. merely 3. no more than 4. but 5. however 6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic) 7. cannot be more (after adjectival) (HSK 2)
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
抿: mǐn — 1. to smooth hair with a wet brush 2. (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly 3. to sip
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
嘴: zuǐ — 1. mouth 2. beak 3. nozzle 4. spout (of teapot etc) 5. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
冷笑: lěng xiào — 1. to sneer 2. to laugh grimly 3. grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) 4. bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile (HSK 7-9)

，，：At this moment, my elder brother too suddenly took on a fierce look, and shouted in a loud voice:

『！'Everyone out!！』What is there to see in a madman!'

，。It was then that I understood one more of their clever tricks.，；Not only were they unwilling to reform — they had already made their arrangements;。they had prepared the label of 'madman' in advance, to clap over me.，，。That way, when they eat me in the future, not only will there be no trouble at all — I daresay some may even earn gratitude for it.，。What the tenant farmer spoke of, everyone together eating one wicked man, is precisely this same method.！This is their old formula!

這時: zhè shí — 1. at this time 2. at this moment (HSK 2)
候: hòu — 1. to wait 2. to inquire after 3. to watch 4. season 5. climate 6. (old) period of five days
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
又: yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)
懂得: dǒng de — to understand; to know; to comprehend (HSK 2)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
件: jiàn — 1. item 2. component 3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc (HSK 2)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
巧妙: qiǎo miào — 1. ingenious; clever 2. ingenuity; artifice (HSK 6)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
豈: kǎi — 1. old variant of 愷 (kǎi) 2. old variant of 凱 (kǎi)
但: dàn — 1. but; yet; however; still 2. merely; only; just (HSK 2)
不: bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)
肯: kěn — 1. to agree; to consent 2. to be willing to (HSK 6)
改: gǎi — 1. to change 2. to alter 3. to transform 4. to correct (HSK 2)
而且: ér qiě — 1. (not only ...) but also 2. moreover; in addition; furthermore (HSK 2)
早已: zǎo yǐ — 1. for a long time; long since 2. (dialect) in the past (HSK 3)
布置: bù zhì — 1. to arrange; to set up; to lay out 2. to assign (tasks, homework etc) (HSK 4)
預備: yù bèi — 1. to prepare 2. to make ready 3. preparation 4. preparatory (HSK 5)
下一個: xià yī ge — the next one
瘋子: fēng zi — 1. madman 2. lunatic (HSK 7-9)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
名目: míng mù — 1. name 2. designation 3. item 4. rubric 5. (formal usage) fame
罩: zhào — 1. to cover; to spread over 2. a cover; a shade; a hood 3. bamboo fish trap 4. bamboo chicken coop 5. (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back 6. (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible 7. (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住 (zhào dé zhù)) to have things under control; to be able to handle it (HSK 7-9)
上: shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
將來: jiāng lái — 1. in the future 2. future 3. the future 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
不但: bù dàn — not only (... but also ...) (HSK 2)
太平: Tài píng — see 太平區 (Tài píng Qū) (HSK 7-9)
無: mó — used in 南無 (nā mó) (HSK 4)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)
怕: Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
有人: yǒu rén — 1. someone 2. people 3. anyone 4. there is someone there 5. occupied (as in restroom) (HSK 2)
見: jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)
情: qíng — 1. (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion 2. (bound form) situation; condition (HSK 7-9)
佃戶: diàn hù — tenant farmer
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
大家: dà jiā — 1. everyone 2. influential family 3. great expert (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一個: yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
惡人: è rén — 1. evil person; vile creature; villain 2. (archaic) ugly person
正是: zhèng shì — is precisely (HSK 2)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
方法: fāng fǎ — method; way; technique; procedure (HSK 2)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
他們: tā men — they; them (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
老譜: lǎo pǔ — old ways; old habit

。Chen Lao-wu too came storming straight in, full of indignation.，，How could they possibly hold my mouth shut? I was determined to say to this crowd of people,

陳: Chén — 1. surname Chen 2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 (Nán Cháo)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
氣憤: qì fèn — 1. indignant 2. furious (HSK 7-9)
憤: fèn — 1. indignant 2. anger 3. resentment
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
直: Zhí — 1. surname Zhi 2. Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God (HSK 3)
走進: zǒu jìn — to enter; to step into (HSK 2)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
如何: rú hé — 1. how 2. what way 3. what (HSK 3)
按: àn — 1. to press 2. to push 3. to leave aside or shelve 4. to control 5. to restrain 6. to keep one's hand on 7. to check or refer to 8. according to 9. in the light of 10. (of an editor or author) to make a comment (HSK 3)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
住: zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
口: kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
偏要: piān yào — 1. to insist on doing sth 2. must do it, despite everything
對: duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

『，！'You can still reform — reform from the bottom of your hearts!，。You must know that in the future there will be no place in the world for people who eat people to go on living.

『，。'If you do not reform, you will end up devouring one another entirely.，，！——！』Even if you breed in great numbers, you will still be wiped out by true human beings — just as hunters wipe out wolves! — just like insects!'

你們: nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)
要不: yào bù — 1. otherwise 2. or else 3. how about...? 4. either... (or...) (HSK 7-9)
改: gǎi — 1. to change 2. to alter 3. to transform 4. to correct (HSK 2)
自己: zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
盡: jìn — 1. to use up 2. to exhaust 3. to end 4. to finish 5. to the utmost 6. exhausted 7. finished 8. to the limit (of sth) 9. all 10. entirely (HSK 6)
卽: jí — 1. variant of 即 (jí) 2. promptly
使: shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)
生: shēng — 1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born 2. to arise; to occur 3. to light (a fire) 4. to live; to be alive 5. life 6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed 7. unfamiliar; strange 8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field 9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera 10. (bound form) life; lifetime 11. (bound form) means of livelihood 12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 (shēng téng)) 13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 (shēng lā yìng zhuài)) (HSK 2)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
多: duō — 1. many; much; more; a lot of 2. too many; in excess 3. (after a numeral) ... odd 4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. (duó)) 5. (bound form) multi-; poly- (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
會: huì — 1. can; to have the skill; to know how to 2. to be likely to; to be sure to 3. to meet; to get together 4. meeting; gathering 5. (suffix) union; group; association 6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. (huǐ)) (HSK 1)
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
除: chú — 1. to get rid of 2. to remove 3. to exclude 4. to eliminate 5. to wipe out 6. to divide 7. except 8. not including (HSK 6)
滅: miè — 1. to extinguish or put out 2. to go out (of a fire etc) 3. to exterminate or wipe out 4. to drown (HSK 6)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
獵人: liè rén — hunter (HSK 7-9)
打: dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)
完: wán — 1. to finish 2. to be over 3. whole 4. complete 5. entire (HSK 2)
狼: láng — 1. wolf 2. classifier: 匹 (pǐ), 隻 (zhī), 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)
子: zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)
同: tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)
蟲子: chóng zi — 1. insect 2. bug 3. worm 4. classifier: 條 (tiáo), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 4)
一樣: yī yàng — 1. same 2. like 3. equal to 4. the same as 5. just like (HSK 1)

，。That whole crowd was driven off by Chen Lao-wu.。My elder brother too had gone off somewhere, I knew not where.。Chen Lao-wu urged me to go back into my room.。Inside the room it was all dark and gloomy.；The beams and rafters trembled above my head;，，。after trembling for a while, they grew larger, and piled themselves down upon me.

那: Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
夥: huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
被: bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)
陳: Chén — 1. surname Chen 2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 (Nán Cháo)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
趕走: gǎn zǒu — 1. to drive out 2. to turn back
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
不知: bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)
那里: nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)
去: qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
陳: Chén — 1. surname Chen 2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 (Nán Cháo)
老: lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
勸: quàn — 1. to advise 2. to urge 3. to try to persuade 4. to exhort 5. to console 6. to soothe (HSK 5)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
回: Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)
屋子: wū zi — 1. house 2. room 3. classifier: 間 (jiān) (HSK 3)
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
去: qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)
屋: wū — 1. (bound form) house 2. (bound form) room (HSK 5)
裏面: lǐ miàn — variant of 裡面 (lǐ miàn) (HSK 3)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
黑: Hēi — short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江 (Hēi lóng jiāng) (HSK 2)
沈: Shěn — surname Shen
沈: Shěn — surname Shen
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
橫梁: héng liáng — beam
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
椽子: chuán zi — 1. beam 2. rafter
都: Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
頭上: tóu shàng — 1. overhead 2. above
發抖: fā dǒu — 1. to tremble 2. to shake 3. to shiver (HSK 7-9)
抖: dǒu — 1. to tremble 2. to shake out 3. to reveal 4. to make it in the world (HSK 7-9)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一會: yī huì — 1. a moment 2. a while 3. in a moment 4. also pr. (yī huǐ)
就: jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)
大: dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)
起來: qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)
堆: duī — 1. to pile up 2. to heap up 3. a mass 4. pile 5. heap 6. stack 7. large amount (HSK 5)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
身上: shēn shang — 1. on the body 2. at hand 3. among (HSK 1)

，；They were unbearably heavy, and I could not move at all;。their intent was to make me die.，，。I knew that their heaviness was false, so I struggled free, breaking out in a sweat all over.，Yet still I insisted on saying,

萬分: wàn fēn — 1. very much 2. extremely 3. one ten thousandth part (HSK 7-9)
沈: Shěn — surname Shen
重: chóng — 1. to repeat 2. repetition 3. again 4. re- 5. classifier: layer (HSK 1)
動彈不得: dòng tan bu dé — to be unable to move a single step
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
意思: yì si — 1. idea 2. opinion 3. meaning 4. wish 5. desire 6. interest 7. fun 8. token of appreciation, affection etc 9. classifier: 個 (gè) 10. to give as a small token 11. to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc (HSK 2)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
要: yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
沈: Shěn — surname Shen
重: chóng — 1. to repeat 2. repetition 3. again 4. re- 5. classifier: layer (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
假: gēi — used in 假掰 (gēi bāi) (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
掙扎: zhēng zhá — to struggle (HSK 7-9)
出來: chū lái — 1. to come out 2. to appear 3. to arise (HSK 1)
出: chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
一身汗: yī shēn hàn — sweating all over
可是: kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)
偏要: piān yào — 1. to insist on doing sth 2. must do it, despite everything
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

『，！'Reform at once — reform from the bottom of your hearts!，……』You must know that in the future there will be no place for people who eat people, ……'

，，。The sun does not come out, and the door does not open; day after day there are just two meals.

，；I pick up my chopsticks, and at once I think of my elder brother;，。I know that the reason my little sister died lies entirely with him too.，，。At that time my little sister was only five years old, and her lovable, pitiable little figure is still before my eyes.，；Mother wept without stopping, yet he urged Mother not to cry;，。probably because he himself had eaten her, and to weep over it made him feel rather too uneasy.，……If he was still capable of feeling uneasy, ……

我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
揑: niē — variant of 捏 (niē) (HSK 7-9)
起: qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)
筷子: kuài zi — 1. chopsticks 2. classifier: 對 (duì), 根 (gēn), 把 (bǎ), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)
便: biàn — 1. plain 2. informal 3. suitable 4. convenient 5. opportune 6. to urinate or defecate 7. equivalent to 就 (jiù): then 8. in that case 9. even if 10. soon afterwards (HSK 6)
想起: xiǎng qǐ — 1. to recall 2. to think of 3. to call to mind (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
曉得: xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
妹子: mèi zi — 1. (dialect) younger sister 2. girl
死掉: sǐ diào — to die
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
緣故: yuán gù — 1. reason 2. cause (HSK 6)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
全: Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
那時: nà shí — 1. then 2. at that time 3. in those days (HSK 2)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
妹子: mèi zi — 1. (dialect) younger sister 2. girl
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
歲: suì — 1. classifier for years (of age) 2. year 3. year (of crop harvests) (HSK 1)
可愛: kě ài — 1. adorable 2. cute 3. lovely (HSK 2)
可憐: kě lián — 1. pitiful 2. pathetic 3. to have pity on (HSK 5)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
樣子: yàng zi — 1. appearance 2. manner 3. pattern 4. model (HSK 2)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
眼前: yǎn qián — 1. before one's eyes 2. now 3. at present (HSK 3)
母親: mǔ qīn — mother (HSK 3)
哭: kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)
個: gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)
不住: bù zhù — 1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) 2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
卻: què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)
勸: quàn — 1. to advise 2. to urge 3. to try to persuade 4. to exhort 5. to console 6. to soothe (HSK 5)
母親: mǔ qīn — mother (HSK 3)
不要: bù yào — don't!; must not (HSK 2)
哭: kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)
大約: dà yuē — 1. approximately 2. probably (HSK 3)
因: yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)
爲: wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
自己: zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
哭: kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)
起來: qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)
不免: bù miǎn — inevitably (HSK 5)
有點: yǒu diǎn — a little
過意不去: guò yì bù qù — to feel very apologetic (HSK 7-9)
如果: rú guǒ — if; in case; in the event that (HSK 2)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
能: Néng — surname Neng (HSK 1)
過意不去: guò yì bù qù — to feel very apologetic (HSK 7-9)

，，。Whether my sister was eaten by my elder brother, and whether Mother knew of it, I have no way of knowing.

；I imagine Mother knew too;，，。only, when she wept, she never said so outright — probably she too considered it something proper and to be expected.，，，，，；I remember that when I was four or five years old, sitting in front of the hall enjoying the cool air, my elder brother said that when one's father or mother falls ill, a son must cut off a piece of his own flesh, cook it thoroughly, and offer it to them to eat, before he can be counted a good son;。Mother didn't say it was wrong, either.，。If a piece could be eaten, then naturally the whole of it could be eaten too.，，，！But the way she cried that day—thinking of it now—is still enough to break one's heart. This is truly the strangest thing!

母親: mǔ qīn — mother (HSK 3)
想: xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
知道: zhī dào — 1. to know; to become aware of 2. also pr. (zhī dao) (HSK 1)
不過: bù guò — 1. only 2. merely 3. no more than 4. but 5. however 6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic) 7. cannot be more (after adjectival) (HSK 2)
哭: kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
時候: shí hou — 1. time 2. length of time 3. moment 4. period (HSK 1)
卻: què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)
並: bìng — 1. and 2. furthermore 3. also 4. together with 5. (not) at all 6. simultaneously 7. to combine 8. to join 9. to merge (HSK 3)
沒有: méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)
說明: shuō míng — 1. to explain 2. to illustrate 3. to indicate 4. to show 5. to prove 6. explanation 7. directions 8. caption 9. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)
大約: dà yuē — 1. approximately 2. probably (HSK 3)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
以: Yǐ — abbr. for Israel 以色列 (Yǐ sè liè) (HSK 7-9)
爲: wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)
應當: yīng dāng — should; ought to (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
記得: jì de — to remember (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
四: sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)
五: wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)
歲時: suì shí — 1. season 2. time of the year
坐: Zuò — surname Zuo (HSK 1)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
堂: táng — 1. (main) hall 2. large room for a specific purpose 3. classifier: 間 (jiān) 4. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family 5. of the same clan 6. classifier for classes, lectures etc 7. classifier for sets of furniture (HSK 7-9)
前: qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)
乘涼: chéng liáng — to enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
爺: yé — 1. grandpa 2. old gentleman
娘: niáng — 1. mother 2. young lady 3. (coll.) effeminate (HSK 7-9)
生病: shēng bìng — to fall ill (HSK 1)
做: zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)
兒子: ér zi — son (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
須: xū — 1. must 2. to have to 3. to wait (HSK 7-9)
割: gē — 1. to cut 2. to cut apart (HSK 7-9)
下: xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
片: piān — 1. disk 2. sheet (HSK 2)
肉: ròu — 1. meat 2. flesh 3. pulp (of a fruit) 4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy 5. (of a person) flabby 6. irresolute 7. Kangxi radical 130 (HSK 1)
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
煑: zhǔ — variant of 煮 (zhǔ) (HSK 6)
熟: shú — 1. ripe; mature 2. thoroughly cooked; done 3. familiar; acquainted 4. experienced; skilled 5. (of sleep etc) deep; profound 6. also pr. (shóu) (HSK 2)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
請: qǐng — 1. to ask 2. to invite 3. please (do sth) 4. to treat (to a meal etc) 5. to request (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
算: suàn — 1. to calculate; to figure out 2. to include; to count in 3. to count; to be valid; to carry weight 4. to regard as; to consider (to be ...) (HSK 2)
好人: hǎo rén — 1. good person 2. healthy person 3. person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle (HSK 2)
母親: mǔ qīn — mother (HSK 3)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
沒: méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)
說: shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)
不行: bù xíng — 1. won't do 2. be out of the question 3. be no good 4. not work 5. not be capable (HSK 2)
一: yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)
片: piān — 1. disk 2. sheet (HSK 2)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
整個: zhěng gè — 1. whole 2. entire 3. total (HSK 3)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
自然: zì rán — 1. nature 2. natural 3. naturally (HSK 3)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
得: dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)
但是: dàn shì — but; however (HSK 2)
那天: nà tiān — 1. that day 2. the other day
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
哭: kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)
法: Fǎ — 1. France 2. French 3. abbr. for 法國 (Fǎ guó) 4. Taiwan pr. (Fà) (HSK 4)
現在: xiàn zài — now; at present; currently (HSK 1)
想起來: xiǎng qi lai — 1. to remember 2. to recall
實在: shí zài — 1. really 2. actually 3. indeed 4. true 5. real 6. honest 7. dependable 8. (philosophy) reality (HSK 2)
還: Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)
教: Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
傷心: shāng xīn — 1. to grieve 2. to be broken-hearted 3. to feel deeply hurt (HSK 3)
這: zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
奇: jī — odd (number)
極: jí — 1. extremely 2. pole (geography, physics) 3. utmost 4. top (HSK 4)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
事: shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

Twelve

。I can't bear to think of it any more.

，，；A place that has been eating people for four thousand years—only today did I understand it, and that I myself had been mixed up in it for many years too;，，，。Elder brother was in charge of the household just then, and it was just when my little sister died—it's quite possible he mixed her into the food and secretly gave it to us to eat.

四: sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)
千年: qiān nián — millennium
來: lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)
時時: shí shí — 1. often 2. constantly (HSK 6)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
地方: dì fāng — 1. region 2. regional (away from the central administration) 3. local (HSK 1)
今天: jīn tiān — 1. today 2. the present time; now (HSK 1)
纔: cái — 1. (variant of 才 (cái)) just now 2. (variant of 才 (cái)) (before an expression of quantity) only (HSK 2)
明白: míng bai — 1. clear; obvious; unequivocal 2. sensible; reasonable 3. to understand; to realize (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
也: Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
其中: qí zhōng — 1. among 2. in 3. included among these (HSK 2)
混: hún — 1. muddy; turbid (variant of 渾 (hún)) 2. brainless; foolish (variant of 渾 (hún)) 3. Taiwan pr. (hùn) (HSK 6)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
多年: duō nián — 1. many years 2. for many years 3. longstanding (HSK 4)
大哥: dà gē — 1. eldest brother 2. big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) 3. gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
正: zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)
管: Guǎn — surname Guan (HSK 3)
着: zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)
家務: jiā wù — 1. household duties 2. housework (HSK 4)
妹子: mèi zi — 1. (dialect) younger sister 2. girl
恰恰: qià qià — 1. exactly; just; precisely 2. (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance) (HSK 6)
死: sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)
了: le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)
他: tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)
未必: wèi bì — 1. not necessarily 2. maybe not (HSK 4)
不和: bù hé — 1. not to get along well 2. to be on bad terms 3. to be at odds 4. discord
在: zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)
飯菜: fàn cài — food
裏: lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)
暗暗: àn àn — 1. secretly 2. inwardly
給: gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)
我們: wǒ men — we; us; ourselves; our (HSK 1)
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)

，，，……It's quite possible that, without knowing it, I too ate several pieces of my sister's flesh, and now it's my own turn, ……

，，，！I, who carry a record of four thousand years of man-eating—though I did not know it at first, I understand now—how hard it is to face real human beings!

有了: yǒu le — 1. I've got a solution! 2. to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎 (yǒu le tāi))
四: sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)
千年: qiān nián — millennium
喫: chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)
履歷: lǚ lì — 1. background (academic and work) 2. curriculum vitae 3. résumé
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
我: wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)
當初: dāng chū — 1. at that time 2. originally (HSK 3)
雖然: suī rán — although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) (HSK 2)
不知: bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)
道: dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)
現在: xiàn zài — now; at present; currently (HSK 1)
明白: míng bai — 1. clear; obvious; unequivocal 2. sensible; reasonable 3. to understand; to realize (HSK 1)
難: nán — 1. difficult (to...) 2. problem 3. difficulty 4. difficult 5. not good (HSK 1)
見: jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)
眞: zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
人: rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

Thirteen

，？Are there perhaps still children who have not yet eaten people?

……Save the children……

（。）(April, 1918.)

《》，：（1）（，“”），；（2）；（3），。（）According to the Interpretive Commentary on the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, a work by a legal person must satisfy three requirements: (1) it is created under the direction of the legal person (or other organization, hereinafter "legal person"), rather than spontaneously by staff members; (2) the creative intent and mode of expression embody the will of the legal person; (3) responsibility for the work rests with the legal person, not with the person who actually wrote it. (Details)

据: jū — used in 拮据 (jié jū) (HSK 6)
中华人民共和国: Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó — People's Republic of China
著作权: zhù zuò quán — copyright
法: Fǎ — 1. France 2. French 3. abbr. for 法國 (Fǎ guó) 4. Taiwan pr. (Fà) (HSK 4)
释义: shì yì — 1. the meaning of sth 2. an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases 3. definition 4. an interpretation (of doctrine) 5. religious doctrine
法人: fǎ rén — 1. legal person 2. corporation 3. see also 自然人 (zì rán rén)
作品: zuò pǐn — 1. work (of art) 2. opus 3. classifier: 部 (bù), 篇 (piān) (HSK 3)
应: Yīng — 1. surname Ying 2. Taiwan pr. (Yìng) (HSK 4)
满足: mǎn zú — 1. to satisfy 2. to meet (the needs of) 3. satisfied 4. content (HSK 3)
三: Sān — surname San (HSK 1)
点: diǎn — 1. to touch briefly; to tap 2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) 3. to order (food etc); to select 4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) 5. to hint at; to imply 6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops 7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite 8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down 9. point; dot; spot; speck 10. dot stroke in Chinese characters 11. (math.) decimal point 12. point in time or space 13. (after a number) o'clock 14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more 15. classifier for small amounts (HSK 1)
要求: yāo qiú — 1. to request 2. to require 3. requirement 4. to stake a claim 5. to ask 6. to demand 7. classifier: 點 (diǎn) (HSK 2)
由: yóu — 1. to follow 2. from 3. because of; due to 4. by; via; through 5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... (HSK 3)
法人: fǎ rén — 1. legal person 2. corporation 3. see also 自然人 (zì rán rén)
或: huò — 1. maybe 2. perhaps 3. might 4. possibly 5. or (HSK 2)
其他: qí tā — 1. other 2. (sth or sb) else 3. the rest (HSK 2)
组织: zǔ zhī — 1. to organize 2. organization 3. (biology) tissue 4. (textiles) weave 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 5)
以下: yǐ xià — 1. that level or lower 2. that amount or less 3. the following (HSK 2)
简称: jiǎn chēng — 1. to be abbreviated to 2. abbreviation; short form (HSK 7-9)
法人: fǎ rén — 1. legal person 2. corporation 3. see also 自然人 (zì rán rén)
主持: zhǔ chí — 1. to take charge of 2. to manage or direct 3. to preside over 4. to uphold 5. to stand for (justice etc) 6. to host (a TV or radio program etc) 7. (TV) anchor (HSK 3)
创作: chuàng zuò — 1. to create; to produce; to write 2. a creative work; a creation (HSK 3)
而: ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)
非: Fēi — abbr. for 非洲 (Fēi zhōu), Africa (HSK 4)
工作人员: gōng zuò rén yuán — staff member
自发: zì fā — spontaneous (HSK 7-9)
进行: jìn xíng — 1. (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway 2. (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) 3. (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance (HSK 2)
创作: chuàng zuò — 1. to create; to produce; to write 2. a creative work; a creation (HSK 3)
思想: sī xiǎng — 1. thought 2. thinking 3. idea 4. ideology 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)
及: jí — 1. and 2. to reach 3. up to 4. in time for (HSK 7-9)
表达: biǎo dá — to express; to convey (HSK 3)
方式: fāng shì — 1. way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) 2. classifier: 種 (zhǒng) (HSK 3)
体现: tǐ xiàn — 1. to embody 2. to reflect 3. to incarnate (HSK 3)
法人: fǎ rén — 1. legal person 2. corporation 3. see also 自然人 (zì rán rén)
意志: yì zhì — will; willpower; determination (HSK 5)
由: yóu — 1. to follow 2. from 3. because of; due to 4. by; via; through 5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... (HSK 3)
法人: fǎ rén — 1. legal person 2. corporation 3. see also 自然人 (zì rán rén)
负责: fù zé — 1. to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for 2. conscientious (HSK 3)
而: ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)
非: Fēi — abbr. for 非洲 (Fēi zhōu), Africa (HSK 4)
执笔: zhí bǐ — 1. to write 2. to do the actual writing
者: zhě — 1. (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... 2. (after a noun) person involved in ... 3. -er 4. -ist 5. (used after a number or 後 (hòu) or 前 (qián) to refer to sth mentioned previously) 6. (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) 7. (old) (used at the end of a command) 8. (old) this
详情: xiáng qíng — 1. details 2. particulars

《》1938。The Complete Works of Lu Xun was published in 1938 by the Mr. Lu Xun Memorial Committee.、、、、、、，，、、。The editorial committee's members included Cai Yuanpei, Ma Yuzao, Xu Shoushang, Shen Jianshi, Mao Dun, Zhou Zuoren, and Xu Guangping, among others; the work was actually carried out by Zheng Zhenduo and Wang Renshu, with staff members including Tang Tao, Xie Danru, and Hu Zhongchi, among others.

魯迅: Lǔ Xùn — Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
全集: quán jí — 1. omnibus 2. complete works (of a writer or artist)
由: yóu — 1. to follow 2. from 3. because of; due to 4. by; via; through 5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... (HSK 3)
魯迅: Lǔ Xùn — Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
先生: xiān sheng — 1. teacher 2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) 3. husband 4. (dialect) doctor 5. classifier: 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)
紀念: jì niàn — 1. to commemorate; to honor the memory of 2. memento; keepsake; souvenir (HSK 3)
委員會: wěi yuán huì — committee; commission (HSK 7-9)
於: yú — 1. (of time or place) in; at; on 2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for 3. (indicating a source) from; out of 4. (used in comparison) than 5. (used in the passive voice) by (HSK 6)
年: Nián — surname Nian (HSK 1)
出版: chū bǎn — to publish (HSK 5)
編輯: biān jí — 1. to edit 2. to compile 3. editor 4. compiler (HSK 5)
委員會: wěi yuán huì — committee; commission (HSK 7-9)
成員: chéng yuán — member (HSK 3)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
蔡元培: Cài Yuán péi — Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
馬: Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)
裕: yù — abundant
藻: zǎo — 1. aquatic grasses 2. elegant
許: Xǔ — surname Xu (HSK 7-9)
壽: Shòu — surname Shou
裳: cháng — 1. lower garment 2. skirts 3. petticoats 4. garments
沈: Shěn — surname Shen
兼: jiān — 1. double 2. twice 3. simultaneous 4. holding two or more (official) posts at the same time (HSK 7-9)
士: Shì — surname Shi
茅盾: Máo Dùn — Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
周作人: Zhōu Zuò rén — Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅 (Lǔ Xùn), academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
許: Xǔ — surname Xu (HSK 7-9)
廣平: Guǎng píng — see 廣平縣 (Guǎng píng Xiàn)
等: děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)
實際: shí jì — 1. reality 2. practice 3. practical 4. realistic 5. real 6. actual (HSK 2)
負責: fù zé — 1. to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for 2. conscientious (HSK 3)
工作: gōng zuò — 1. to work 2. (of a machine) to operate 3. job 4. work 5. task 6. classifier: 個 (gè), 份 (fèn), 項 (xiàng) (HSK 1)
的: de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)
是: shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)
鄭: Zhèng — 1. Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭 (Xīn zhèng), a county-level city in Henan 2. abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州 (Zhèng zhōu), the capital of Henan 3. surname Zheng
振: zhèn — 1. to shake 2. to flap 3. to vibrate 4. to resonate 5. to rise up with spirit 6. to rouse oneself
鐸: Duó — surname Duo
和: Hé — surname He (HSK 1)
王: Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)
任: Rén — surname Ren (HSK 3)
叔: shū — 1. uncle 2. father's younger brother 3. husband's younger brother 4. Taiwan pr. (shú)
工作人員: gōng zuò rén yuán — staff member
則: zé — 1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then 2. (bound form) standard; norm 3. (bound form) principle 4. (literary) to imitate; to follow 5. classifier for written items (HSK 7-9)
有: yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)
唐: Táng — 1. Tang dynasty (618–907) 2. surname Tang
弢: tāo — 1. bow case 2. to cover
謝: Xiè — surname Xie
澹: Tán — surname Tan
如: rú — 1. as 2. as if 3. such as (HSK 6)
胡: Hú — surname Hu
仲: Zhòng — surname Zhong
持: chí — 1. to hold 2. to grasp 3. to support 4. to maintain 5. to persevere 6. to manage 7. to run (i.e. administer) 8. to control (HSK 7-9)
等: děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

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What it’s about

A short preface in classical Chinese sets the frame: an old schoolfriend calls on two brothers, learns that the younger one's derangement has long since passed and that he has recovered and left to take up an official post, and is handed the diary the man kept while ill. The thirteen entries that follow are the madman's. He notices that the Zhao family's dog has looked at him twice, and then that everybody — the tenant farmer up from Wolf Cub Village, the doctor who comes to take his pulse, the children in the street, his own elder brother — is quietly waiting to eat him.

Reading a history book by lamplight he finds every page covered in 仁義道德, benevolence and righteousness and morality, and written between the lines everywhere, two other characters: eat people. He works out that the sister who died at five was eaten, that his brother served her, and that he himself almost certainly swallowed his share without knowing it. The last entry is a single line asking someone to save the children. Whether the man is deranged or is the only person in the village seeing clearly is never settled — and the frame has already told you he got better and rejoined the world that frightened him.

When it was written 背景

Published in 新青年 (New Youth) volume 4, number 5, in May 1918, this is the first story Lu Xun signed with that pen name and is conventionally called the first modern short story written in vernacular Chinese. It is the right place to start reading after the preface: the entries are short and separately numbered, the vocabulary repeats hard (吃人, 怕, 記得), and the fragmentary diary form means you are never more than a sentence or two from a full stop. The one obstacle is that opening frame, which is deliberately written in classical 文言 so that the sane world sounds like the old books — read it once, then let it go.

Words in this chapter 生词

喫chīHSK 1喫chī — variant of 吃 (chī) (HSK 1)
大哥dà gēHSK 4大哥dà gē — eldest brother · big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) · gang leader; boss (HSK 4)
法人fǎ rén法人fǎ rén — legal person · corporation · see also 自然人 (zì rán rén)
佃戶diàn hù佃戶diàn hù — tenant farmer
麽mó麽mó — tiny · insignificant
着zhāoHSK 1着zhāo — a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) · trick; tactic · (dialect) okay; all right · (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)
夥huǒHSK 4夥huǒ — companion · partner · group · classifier for groups of people · to combine · together (HSK 4)
靑qīng靑qīng — variant of 青 (qīng)
硏yán硏yán — variant of 研 (yán)
眞zhēn眞zhēn — variant of 真 (zhēn)
曉得xiǎo deHSK 6曉得xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)
蟲子chóng ziHSK 4蟲子chóng zi — insect · bug · worm · classifier: 條 (tiáo), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 4)