# Elementary Chinese Readers, Book 4 - Lesson 73 # Published by Sinolingua, 1987 - ISBN 7800520285 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 传说 [chuánshuō] /it is said, legend/ 山区 [shānqū] /mountain area/ 镇 [zhèn] /town/ 西头 [xī tóu] /west end (of a street, etc.)/ 酒店 [jiǔdiàn] /wineshop, public house/ 柜台 [guìtái] /counter/ 光 [guāng] /to be used up, nothing left/ 伙计 [huǒji] /salesman, shop assistant, waiter/ 库房 [kùfáng] /storehouse, storeroom/ 取 [qǔ] /to fetch/ 钥匙 [yàoshi] /key/ 声 [shēng] /(a measure word)/ 丈 [zhàng] /(a measure word, a unit of length equal to 3.33 meters)/ 尾巴 [wěiba] /tail/ 倦 [juǎn] /to roll, to wind/ 房梁 [fángliáng] /roof beam/ 伸 [shēn] /to stretch, to extend/ 缸 [gāng] /vat, jar/ 吓 [xià] /to frighten, to scare, to intimidate/ 敢 [gǎn] /dare, to dare/ 醉 [zuì] /to be drunk, to be tipsy/ 一下子 [yí xiàzi] /all at once, all of a sudden, in one go, in one stroke/ 动静 [dòngjing] /the sound of something astir, happenings, noise/ 可怕 [kěpà] /fearful, frightful, terrible/ 盖儿 [gàir] /lid, cover/ 果然 [guǒrán] /as expected/ 血 [xiě] /blood/ 倒 [dào] /to pour, to tip/ 姓 [xìng] /(one's) surname is ..., surname/ 无赖 [wúlài] /rascal/ 经常 [jīngcháng] /constant, often/ 拐 [guǎi] /to limp/ 腰 [yāo] /waist/ 挨打 [ái dǎ] /to suffer a beating, to be beaten, to take a beating/ 碗 [wǎn] /bowl/ 闻 [wén] /to smell/ 一气 [yíqì] /at one go, at a stretch/ 中毒 [zhòng dú] /to be poisoned/ 拖 [tuō] /to pull, to drag, to haul/ 打算 [dǎsuàn] /to plan, to intend, intention, plan/ 再说 [zàishuō] /to put off until some time later/ 电灯 [diǎn dēng] /to light a lamp/ 连 [lián] /repeatedly, in succession/ 轻快 [qīngkuài] /brisk, spry/ 突然 [tūrán] /sudden/ 爹 [diē] /father, dad/ 穷 [qióng] /poor/ 直 [zhí] /straight, to straighten/ 穷人 [qióngrén] /the poor/ 白 [bái] /for nothing, free of charge, in vain/ 价钱 [jiàqian] /price/ 从此 [cóngcǐ] /henceforth, thereupon, from then on, from now on/ 中药 [zhōngyào] /traditional Chinese medicine/ 大别山 [Dàbié Shān] /(name of a mountain)/ 李波 [Lǐ Bō] /(name of a person)/ 刘无赖 [Liú Wúlài] /(name of a person)/ # end