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to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
to forget
HSK 1
to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:
HSK 2
diary / CL: 則|则, ,
HSK 4
to register (one's name)
HSK 4
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
biography / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
to keep in mind; to remember
HSK 7-9
to think of / to keep thinking about / to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
to engrave in one's memory
HSK 7-9
sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token
travel notes
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
"Journey to the West", Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客 on geology, geography, plants etc
imprint / trace
to take notes / one's notes
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗
reading notes / CL:
Classic of Rites
remember at all costs
to remember with reverence / to bear in mind / to keep in mind
stamp / seal
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 查爾斯·狄更斯|查尔斯·狄更斯
sth given as a token / souvenir
to learn by heart; to memorize
birthmark
various notes or records / a miscellany / scattered jottings
random jottings / travel notes
The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复, published 1808
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
epilogue / afterword
Report of the regions west of Great Tang / travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘 on his travels to Central Asia and India
In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝 in Jin dynasty
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘, compiled by 辯機|辩机 in 646
to take notes / to excerpt
to learn by rote / to cram
to learn by heart / to commit to memory / to remember / to memorize in silence
a record of events inscribed on a tablet
Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫
Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
to feel anxious about sth / unable to stop thinking about sth / to miss
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
The Artificer's Record, a technology treaty compiled towards the end of the Spring and Autumn period
to remember / to concern oneself with
shorthand
Book of Job (in the Old Testament)
bookkeeping
Book of Deuteronomy / Fifth Book of Moses
to award posthumously / to write down afterwards / retrospective account
to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)
Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
to commit to memory / secret mark
to debit
Book of Nehemiah
to credit
Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉
Book of Ruth
Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫 (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健
Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼 in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽, Baekje 百濟|百济, Silla 新羅|新罗.
On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹
Book of Joshua
easy to remember
Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉
Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors
Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
epigraph / inscription / graffito
much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
Book of Esther
to take notes
Genesis (first book of the Bible)
crest / insignia
token
The Legend of the Red Lantern
voter registration
Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥 commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤 during the late Ming dynasty
Book of Ezra
Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
Book of Leviticus / Third Book of Moses
deputy secretary
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
Book of Judges
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series)
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Alice in Wonderland
Book of Numbers / Fourth Book of Moses
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
fragmentary recollections / miscellaneous notes
blog / weblog / same as 博客
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
hard to remember


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