Vocabulary: 阿诺德·汤因比传

• zhōng shì jìzhong1 shi4 ji4中世纪x28 | Book Rank #884medieval; Middle Ages
• jìn xiàn dàijin4 xian4 dai4近现代x13 | Book Rank #1670
• ōu zhōuOu1 zhou1欧洲x114 | Book Rank #212Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])
• Běi měiBei3 mei3北美x4 | Book Rank #4010North America
• xué xíxue2 xi2学习x31 | Book Rank #797to learn; to study
• dōng xi, dōng xīdong1 xi5, dong1 xi1东西x64 | Book Rank #401东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west
• zhè fènzhe4 fen4这份x39 | Book Rank #650
• háo qíng zhuàng zhìhao2 qing2 zhuang4 zhi4豪情壮志x1 | Book Rank #8503lofty ideals; noble aspirations
• lái dàolai2 dao4来到x15 | Book Rank #1472to arrive; to come
• Kāng nài ěr Dà xuéKang1 nai4 er3 Da4 xue2康奈尔大学x3 | Book Rank #4823Cornell University
• kāi shǐkai1 shi3开始x183 | Book Rank #133to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
• bó shìbo2 shi4博士x16 | Book Rank #1407doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician
• shēng yásheng1 ya2生涯x47 | Book Rank #557career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
• èr niáner4 nian2二年x2 | Book Rank #6063
• pèng qiǎo zàipeng4 qiao3 zai4碰巧在x1 | Book Rank #8504
• Huái tèHuai2 te4怀特x11 | Book Rank #1937White (name)
• fān yuèfan1 yue4翻阅x4 | Book Rank #4011to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
• qiánqian2前x133 | Book Rank #179front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
• sān juǎnsan1 juan3三卷x12 | Book Rank #1791
• qì jīqi4 ji1契机x1 | Book Rank #8505opportunity; turning point
• cóng cǐcong2 ci3从此x9 | Book Rank #2265from now on; since then; henceforth
• tūo tāi huàn gǔtuo1 tai1 huan4 gu3脱胎换骨x1 | Book Rank #8506to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
• mí rénmi2 ren2迷人x4 | Book Rank #4012fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting
• jiǎ shūojia3 shuo1假说x6 | Book Rank #3068hypothesis
• yǐn fāyin3 fa1引发x22 | Book Rank #1083to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)
• gòng mínggong4 ming2共鸣x4 | Book Rank #4013(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
• cǐ shíci3 shi2此时x13 | Book Rank #1671now; this moment
• xiāo tiáoxiao1 tiao2萧条x4 | Book Rank #4014bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
• yīn yǐngyin1 ying3阴影x10 | Book Rank #2086(lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]
• shàng wèishang4 wei4尚未x13 | Book Rank #1672not yet; still not
• chè dǐche4 di3彻底x18 | Book Rank #1287thorough; thoroughly; complete
• xiāo sànxiao1 san4消散x2 | Book Rank #6064to dissipate
• èr cì Shì jiè Dà zhànEr4 ci4 Shi4 jie4 Da4 zhan4二次世界大战x4 | Book Rank #4015World War Two
• yǐ jīngyi3 jing1已经x175 | Book Rank #137already
• bāo kùobao1 kuo4包括x41 | Book Rank #619to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
• zài nèizai4 nei4在内x10 | Book Rank #2087(included) in it; among them
• yī duànyi1 duan4一段x12 | Book Rank #1792
• àn dànan4 dan4黯淡x2 | Book Rank #6065
• huái yíhuai2 yi2怀疑x24 | Book Rank #1008to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
• gāigai1该x121 | Book Rank #198should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
• fàn chóufan4 chou2范畴x7 | Book Rank #2717category
• hé fǎ xìnghe2 fa3 xing4合法性x2 | Book Rank #6066legitimacy
• zhì yízhi4 yi2质疑x16 | Book Rank #1408to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of)
• zhù dìngzhu4 ding4注定x23 | Book Rank #1039to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
• zǒu xiàngzou3 xiang4走向x51 | Book Rank #515direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
• chú cǐ zhī wàichu2 ci3 zhi1 wai4除此之外x2 | Book Rank #6067apart from this; in addition to this
• zhǎn shìzhan3 shi4展示x46 | Book Rank #566to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
• yuān bóyuan1 bo2渊博x11 | Book Rank #1938erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable
• xué shíxue2 shi2学识x15 | Book Rank #1473erudition; scholarly knowledge
• zhèn jīngzhen4 jing1震惊x17 | Book Rank #1343to shock; to astonish