Vocabulary: 阿诺德·汤因比传

• tán huā yī xiàntan2 hua1 yi1 xian4昙花一现x2 | Book Rank #7106lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
• táo bì xiàn shítao2 bi4 xian4 shi2逃避现实x2 | Book Rank #7107
• xì zhī mò jiéxi4 zhi1 mo4 jie2细枝末节x1 | Book Rank #10482minor details; trifles
• guī jié wèigui1 jie2 wei4归结为x3 | Book Rank #5474
• xīn wén bào dàoxin1 wen2 bao4 dao4新闻报道x3 | Book Rank #5475
• gōng zhènggong1 zheng4公正x19 | Book Rank #1269just; fair; equitable
• ài mèiai4 mei4暧昧x3 | Book Rank #5476vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
• xīu kùixiu1 kui4羞愧x1 | Book Rank #10483ashamed
• liáng xìngliang2 xing4良性x2 | Book Rank #7108positive (in its effect); leading to good consequences; virtuous; (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
• qū sànqu1 san4驱散x3 | Book Rank #5477to disperse (a crowd etc); (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
• suǒ mǔ hésuo3 mu3 he2索姆河x1 | Book Rank #10484
• gōng shìgong1 shi4攻势x9 | Book Rank #2417(military) offensive
• méng shòumeng2 shou4蒙受x3 | Book Rank #5478to suffer; to sustain (loss)
• kōng qiánkong1 qian2空前x1 | Book Rank #10485unprecedented
• gǎi yònggai3 yong4改用x1 | Book Rank #10486to change over to; to switch to; to use (sth different)
• hé tánhe2 tan2和谈x4 | Book Rank #4501peace talks
• Zhōng ōuZhong1 Ou1, Zhong1 ou1中欧x3 | Book Rank #5479中欧 Zhōng ōu: 中欧 Zhong1 Ou1: Sino-European中欧 Zhōng ōu: 中欧 Zhong1 ou1: Central Europe
• wǎ jiěwa3 jie3瓦解x9 | Book Rank #2418to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up
• zǒng tǒngzong3 tong3总统x9 | Book Rank #2419president (of a country); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4]
• wǔ dé luówu3 de2 luo2伍德罗x1 | Book Rank #10487
• lián rènlian2 ren4连任x1 | Book Rank #10488to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office
• míng niánming2 nian2明年x2 | Book Rank #7109next year
• jū zhōng tiáo tíngju1 zhong1 tiao2 ting2居中调停x1 | Book Rank #10489
• qíong bīng dú wǔqiong2 bing1 du2 wu3穷兵黩武x2 | Book Rank #7110to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose
• jí tuánji2 tuan2集团x9 | Book Rank #2420group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
• běn gúoben3 guo2本国x3 | Book Rank #5480one's own country
• hàn wèihan4 wei4捍卫x2 | Book Rank #7111to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
• èr yuèEr4 yue4二月x2 | Book Rank #7112February; second month (of the lunar year)
• mǎ ēn héma3 en1 he2马恩河x1 | Book Rank #10490
• zhèn fèn rén xīnzhen4 fen4 ren2 xin1振奋人心x1 | Book Rank #10491
• bù rú shuōbu4 ru2 shuo1不如说x5 | Book Rank #3815
• xiāng xíng jiàn chùxiang1 xing2 jian4 chu4相形见绌x2 | Book Rank #7113to pale by comparison (idiom)
• bì yào xìngbi4 yao4 xing4必要性x2 | Book Rank #7114necessity
• diào, tiáodiao4, tiao2调x1 | Book Rank #10492调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
• tí gōng qíng bàoti2 gong1 qing2 bao4提供情报x1 | Book Rank #10493
• xìn làixin4 lai4信赖x3 | Book Rank #5481to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on
• mì bù kě fēnmi4 bu4 ke3 fen1密不可分x1 | Book Rank #10494inextricably linked (idiom); inseparable
• jǐ zhǒngji3 zhong3几种x2 | Book Rank #7115
• xuǎn xiàngxuan3 xiang4选项x4 | Book Rank #4502option; alternative; choice; to choose a project
• gé shìge2 shi4格式x2 | Book Rank #7116form; specification; format
• rì lǐ wàn jīri4 li3 wan4 ji1日理万机x2 | Book Rank #7117
• yuè quányue4 quan2越权x1 | Book Rank #10495to go beyond one's authority; arrogation
• wài jiāo shì wùwai4 jiao1 shi4 wu4外交事务x4 | Book Rank #4503foreign affairs
• xià mòxia4 mo4夏末x1 | Book Rank #10496
• bàibai4败x1 | Book Rank #10497to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
• shìshi4势x1 | Book Rank #10498power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
• gòu hégou4 he2媾和x7 | Book Rank #2967to make peace; to copulate
• jué xǐngjue2 xing3觉醒x5 | Book Rank #3816to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware
• gè zú rén mínge4 zu2 ren2 min2各族人民x1 | Book Rank #10499people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)
• yī chù jí fāyi1 chu4 ji2 fa1一触即发x2 | Book Rank #7118could happen at any moment; on the verge