Vocabulary: 阿诺德·汤因比传

• dēngdeng1登x7 | Book Rank #2891to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
• áng gùiang2 gui4昂贵x2 | Book Rank #6683expensive; costly
• yī yuànyi1 yuan4医院x14 | Book Rank #1631hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]
• là kòng, lào kōng, lùo kōngla4 kong4, lao4 kong1, luo4 kong1落空x5 | Book Rank #3697落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
• shī bài zhěshi1 bai4 zhe3失败者x3 | Book Rank #5217loser
• kàn kankan4 kan5看看x10 | Book Rank #2192to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
• cán kùcan2 ku4残酷x4 | Book Rank #4340cruel; harsh; merciless
• zhǐ néng kàozhi3 neng2 kao4只能靠x1 | Book Rank #9584
• bāng mángbang1 mang2帮忙x4 | Book Rank #4341to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
• diàn fùdian4 fu4垫付x3 | Book Rank #5218to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
• fēi cháng gāo xìngfei1 chang2 gao1 xing4非常高兴x4 | Book Rank #4342
• bù duàn gǎi jìnbu4 duan4 gai3 jin4不断改进x1 | Book Rank #9585
• fā hǔofa1 huo3发火x3 | Book Rank #5219to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry
• zì cóngzi4 cong2自从x5 | Book Rank #3698since (a time); ever since
• tǐ yù duàn liànti3 yu4 duan4 lian4体育锻炼x1 | Book Rank #9586physical exercise
• xián xiáxian2 xia2闲暇x9 | Book Rank #2380闲暇 xián xiá: 闲暇 xian2 xia2: leisure; free time; unoccupied; not in use闲暇 xián xiá: 闲暇 xian2 xia2: leisure
• zào chéngzao4 cheng2造成x21 | Book Rank #1167to bring about; to create; to cause
• yě xǔye3 xu3也许x5 | Book Rank #3699perhaps; maybe
• zhuǎn yuànzhuan3 yuan4转院x1 | Book Rank #9587to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital; to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)
• shǎo, shàoshao3, shao4少x12 | Book Rank #1876少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom少 shào: 少 shao4: young
• Běi ānBei3 an1北安x6 | Book Rank #3253see 北安市[Bei3 an1 Shi4]
• Shèng ān dé lǔSheng4 an1 de2 lu3圣安德鲁x3 | Book Rank #5220St Andrew
• lái zhī bù yìlai2 zhi1 bu4 yi4来之不易x2 | Book Rank #6684(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained
• qú dàoqu2 dao4渠道x4 | Book Rank #4343irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
• fú luò lún sīfu2 luo4 lun2 si1弗洛伦斯x1 | Book Rank #9588
• nán dīng gé ěrnan2 ding1 ge2 er3南丁格尔x1 | Book Rank #9589
• wén jíwen2 ji2文集x2 | Book Rank #6685collected works
• yǐn cángyin3 cang2隐藏x3 | Book Rank #5221to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting)
• hǎo dé duōhao3 de2 duo1好得多x2 | Book Rank #6686
• zhì yùzhi4 yu4治愈x5 | Book Rank #3700to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming
• chōng mǎn xī wàngchong1 man3 xi1 wang4充满希望x2 | Book Rank #6687
• zào huà nòng rénzao4 hua4 nong4 ren2造化弄人x1 | Book Rank #9590
• yī jiā rényi1 jia1 ren2一家人x5 | Book Rank #3701the whole family; members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
• yǐn yòngyin3 yong4饮用x2 | Book Rank #6688drink; drinking or drinkable (water)
• Bó lúo bēn ní sāBo2 luo2 ben1 ni2 sa1伯罗奔尼撒x9 | Book Rank #2381Peloponnese, peninsula in southern Greece
• wū rǎnwu1 ran3污染x3 | Book Rank #5222(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
• xī shuǐxi1 shui3溪水x1 | Book Rank #9591
• jí bìngji2 bing4疾病x8 | Book Rank #2608disease; sickness; ailment
• xìng cúnxing4 cun2幸存x1 | Book Rank #9592to survive (a disaster)
• wùwu4误x2 | Book Rank #6689mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
• yìn, yǐnyin4, yin3饮x1 | Book Rank #9593饮 yìn: 饮 yin4: to give (animals) water to drink饮 yǐn: 饮 yin3: to drink
• xì jūnxi4 jun1细菌x1 | Book Rank #9594bacterium; germ
• shǔi yuánshui3 yuan2水源x1 | Book Rank #9595water source; water supply; headwaters of a river
• lì jili4 ji5痢疾x14 | Book Rank #1632dysentery
• sūo duǎnsuo1 duan3缩短x1 | Book Rank #9596to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
• wú yōu wú lǜwu2 you1 wu2 lu:4无忧无虑x2 | Book Rank #6690(idiom) carefree; without worries
• rì chéngri4 cheng2日程x7 | Book Rank #2892schedule; itinerary; CL:個|个[ge4]
• tí qiánti2 qian2提前x3 | Book Rank #5223to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
• fú yòngfu2 yong4服用x2 | Book Rank #6691to take (medicine)
• bái tángbai2 tang2白糖x1 | Book Rank #9597(refined) white sugar