Vocabulary: 阿诺德·汤因比传

• xīn chóuxin1 chou2薪酬x2 | Book Rank #6206pay; remuneration; salary; reward
• bù rú shuō shìbu4 ru2 shuo1 shi4不如说是x4 | Book Rank #4087
• hán suānhan2 suan1寒酸x1 | Book Rank #8747wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
• shēng rènsheng1 ren4升任x1 | Book Rank #8748to be promoted to
• shǒu xiàshou3 xia4手下x4 | Book Rank #4088under one's control or administration; subordinates; (money etc) on hand; sb's financial means; when taking action
• guǎn, Guǎnguan3, Guan3管x3 | Book Rank #4919管 guǎn: 管 guan3: to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards管 Guǎn: 管 Guan3: surname Guan
• gōng zīgong1 zi1工资x5 | Book Rank #3532wages; pay; CL:份[fen4]
• réng ránreng2 ran2仍然x46 | Book Rank #571still; as before; yet
• xiào fǎxiao4 fa3效法x5 | Book Rank #3533to imitate; to follow the example of
• xīong zhǎngxiong1 zhang3兄长x2 | Book Rank #6207elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
• bì shēngbi4 sheng1毕生x14 | Book Rank #1586one's whole life; throughout one's life
• zhì lì yúzhi4 li4 yu2致力于x4 | Book Rank #4089
• pín fù chā jùpin2 fu4 cha1 ju4贫富差距x2 | Book Rank #6208disparity between rich and poor
• zhì zàozhi4 zao4制造x11 | Book Rank #1963to manufacture; to make
• jí shǒuji2 shou3棘手x5 | Book Rank #3534thorny (problem); intractable
• bù zú yǐbu4 zu2 yi3不足以x17 | Book Rank #1364
• hái tí shí dàihai2 ti2 shi2 dai4孩提时代x5 | Book Rank #3535
• xí yǐ wéi chángxi2 yi3 wei2 chang2习以为常x3 | Book Rank #4920accustomed to; used to
• xīong dì jiě mèixiong1 di4 jie3 mei4兄弟姐妹x2 | Book Rank #6209brothers and sisters; siblings
• gèng hǎogeng4 hao3更好x19 | Book Rank #1247
• zhuī qiú lǐ xiǎngzhui1 qiu2 li3 xiang3追求理想x1 | Book Rank #8749
• fù chūfu4 chu1付出x25 | Book Rank #980to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
• dài jiàdai4 jia4代价x22 | Book Rank #1103price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
• rì yìri4 yi4日益x29 | Book Rank #871day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
• xiǎn dexian3 de5显得x24 | Book Rank #1017to seem; to look; to appear
• nán yǐ chéng shòunan2 yi3 cheng2 shou4难以承受x1 | Book Rank #8750
• pèi jí tèpei4 ji2 te4佩吉特x14 | Book Rank #1587
• xiān míng duì bǐxian1 ming2 dui4 bi3鲜明对比x2 | Book Rank #6210
• zhǎng mén rénzhang3 men2 ren2掌门人x1 | Book Rank #8751(wuxia) sect leader; (fig.) person in charge; head; leader; proprietor
• dì jiédi4 jie2缔结x8 | Book Rank #2514to conclude (an agreement)
• yīn yuányin1 yuan2姻缘x2 | Book Rank #6211a marriage predestined by fate
• xiāng shēnxiang1 shen1乡绅x4 | Book Rank #4090a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
• dé yǐde2 yi3得以x18 | Book Rank #1307able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
• Dàn dīngDan4 ding1但丁x9 | Book Rank #2288Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
• shū shìshu1 shi4舒适x3 | Book Rank #4921cozy; snug
• zhūo jīn jiàn zhǒuzhuo1 jin1 jian4 zhou3捉襟见肘x2 | Book Rank #6212lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet
• qiáng lièqiang2 lie4强烈x46 | Book Rank #572strong; intense
• fǎn chāfan3 cha1反差x11 | Book Rank #1964contrast; discrepancy
• wēi xiéwei1 xie2威胁x15 | Book Rank #1496to threaten; to menace
• nèi bùnei4 bu4内部x19 | Book Rank #1248interior; inside (part, section); internal
• tuán jiétuan2 jie2团结x4 | Book Rank #4091to unite; unity; solidarity; united
• yōu yuè gǎnyou1 yue4 gan3优越感x2 | Book Rank #6213
• è huàe4 hua4恶化x5 | Book Rank #3536to worsen
• jiē gǔo, jié gǔojie1 guo3, jie2 guo3结果x55 | Book Rank #479结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
• bù gòubu4 gou4不够x13 | Book Rank #1697not enough; insufficient; inadequate
• hé xiéhe2 xie2和谐x5 | Book Rank #3537harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
• dùi fāngdui4 fang1对方x19 | Book Rank #1249the other person; the other side; the other party
• Pō, pōPo1, po1颇x4 | Book Rank #4092颇 Pō: 颇 Po1: surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]颇 pō: 颇 po1: rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
• wēi cíwei1 ci2微词x2 | Book Rank #6214veiled criticism
• Shā lāSha1 la1莎拉x1 | Book Rank #8752Sara or Sarah (name)