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to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:
HSK 2
to forget
HSK 1
to register (one's name)
HSK 4
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
diary / CL: 則|则, ,
HSK 4
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to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
well-known journalist; prominent reporter
biography / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
to think of / to keep thinking about / to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
to take notes
token
remember at all costs
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.
"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
imprint / trace
Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
easy to remember
Book of Esther
to take notes / one's notes
to keep in mind; to remember
HSK 7-9
to take notes / to excerpt
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘, compiled by 辯機|辩机 in 646
Alice in Wonderland
random jottings / travel notes
Genesis (first book of the Bible)
to learn by rote / to cram
to engrave in one's memory
HSK 7-9
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
to learn by heart; to memorize
Book of Numbers / Fourth Book of Moses
The Artificer's Record, a technology treaty compiled towards the end of the Spring and Autumn period
sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token
Classic of Rites
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
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
to feel anxious about sth / unable to stop thinking about sth / to miss
birthmark
Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫
to credit
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
The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
shorthand
Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors
voter registration
Book of Ezra
reading notes / CL:
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
sth given as a token / souvenir
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 查爾斯·狄更斯|查尔斯·狄更斯
to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)
travel notes
Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
deputy secretary
to learn by heart / to commit to memory / to remember / to memorize in silence
much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
to remember with reverence / to bear in mind / to keep in mind
Report of the regions west of Great Tang / travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘 on his travels to Central Asia and India
to award posthumously / to write down afterwards / retrospective account
(journalism) supplementary report; sidelight
On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹
Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客 on geology, geography, plants etc
Book of Judges
Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉
epigraph / inscription / graffito
stamp / seal
to commit to memory / secret mark
Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈復|沈复, published 1808
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
various notes or records / a miscellany / scattered jottings
epilogue / afterword
to debit
Book of Leviticus / Third Book of Moses
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
fragmentary recollections / miscellaneous notes
The Legend of the Red Lantern
Book of Deuteronomy / Fifth Book of Moses
to remember / to concern oneself with
bookkeeping
crest / insignia
a record of events inscribed on a tablet
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series)
Book of Nehemiah
Book of Job (in the Old Testament)
blog / weblog / same as 博客
Book of Ruth
Book of Joshua
hard to remember
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
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温


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