Vocabulary: 冰上斯芬克斯

• zhǎng dùozhang3 duo4掌舵x8 | Book Rank #1804to steer (a ship)
• sūosuo1缩x14 | Book Rank #1134to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]
• yī zhènyi1 zhen4一阵x15 | Book Rank #1065a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
• dà chuánda4 chuan2大船x7 | Book Rank #2007
• fēi chífei1 chi2飞驰x3 | Book Rank #3769to speed; to rush
• yī piànyi1 pian4一片x30 | Book Rank #568
• piāo fúpiao1 fu2漂浮x27 | Book Rank #629to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
• yǔ máoyu3 mao2羽毛x4 | Book Rank #3109feather; plumage; plume
• xiáng jìnxiang2 jin4详尽x3 | Book Rank #3770thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
• zhuàngzhuang4撞x22 | Book Rank #762to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
• jí duānji2 duan1极端x2 | Book Rank #4860extreme
• jiān nánjian1 nan2艰难x8 | Book Rank #1805difficult; hard; challenging
• Lún dūnLun2 dun1伦敦x6 | Book Rank #2256London, capital of United Kingdom
• chū shì dì diǎnchu1 shi4 di4 dian3出事地点x1 | Book Rank #7127
• yī dùiyi1 dui4一对x1 | Book Rank #7128couple; pair
• bàn sǐ bù huóban4 si3 bu4 huo2半死不活x1 | Book Rank #7129
• nán xīong nán dì, nàn xīong nàn dìnan2 xiong1 nan2 di4, nan4 xiong1 nan4 di4难兄难弟x1 | Book Rank #7130难兄难弟 nán xīong nán dì: 难兄难弟 nan2 xiong1 nan2 di4: lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom); fig. one is just as bad as the other难兄难弟 nàn xīong nàn dì: 难兄难弟 nan4 xiong1 nan4 di4: brothers in hardship (idiom); fellow sufferers; in the same boat
• zǒng suànzong3 suan4总算x9 | Book Rank #1635at long last; finally; on the whole
• zhēn shí xìngzhen1 shi2 xing4真实性x7 | Book Rank #2008authenticity; truthfulness; veracity; reality; validity
• shǔ shíshu3 shi2属实x2 | Book Rank #4861to turn out to be true; verified; true
• gè zhāngge4 zhang1各章x1 | Book Rank #7131
• miǎn qiǎngmian3 qiang3勉强x5 | Book Rank #2604to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
• kàn zùokan4 zuo4看作x2 | Book Rank #4862to look upon as; to regard as
• yī xì lièyi1 xi4 lie4一系列x15 | Book Rank #1066a series of; a string of
• yòu dāng bié lùnyou4 dang1 bie2 lun4又当别论x1 | Book Rank #7132
• jiǎn tùijian3 tui4减退x1 | Book Rank #7133to ebb; to go down; to decline
• rì yìri4 yi4日益x3 | Book Rank #3771day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
• fā rèfa1 re4发热x3 | Book Rank #3772to have a high temperature; feverish; unable to think calmly; to emit heat
• cóng nà shí qǐcong2 na4 shi2 qi3从那时起x3 | Book Rank #3773
• chōng mǎnchong1 man3充满x8 | Book Rank #1806full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
• kuā zhāngkua1 zhang1夸张x4 | Book Rank #3110to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
• bā gèba1 ge4八个x8 | Book Rank #1807
• Láo āi déLao2 ai1 de2劳埃德x1 | Book Rank #7134Lloyd (name); Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
• Fú léiFu2 lei2弗雷x1 | Book Rank #7135Freyr (god in Norse mythology)
• dēng bǎodeng1 bao3登堡x1 | Book Rank #7136
• zhuāng pèizhuang1 pei4装配x1 | Book Rank #7137to assemble; to fit together
• cǎo cǎocao3 cao3草草x1 | Book Rank #7138carelessly; hastily
• péi tóngpei2 tong2陪同x4 | Book Rank #3111to accompany
• qián wǎngqian2 wang3前往x12 | Book Rank #1281to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
• gǔ dònggu3 dong4鼓动x7 | Book Rank #2009to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
• qíu zhī bù déqiu2 zhi1 bu4 de2求之不得x1 | Book Rank #7139lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
• yóu qíyou2 qi2尤其x12 | Book Rank #1282especially; particularly
• shě bu deshe3 bu5 de5舍不得x1 | Book Rank #7140to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge
• dǎn dà wàng wéidan3 da4 wang4 wei2胆大妄为x1 | Book Rank #7141daring; presumptuous; daredevil
• qū fú yúqu1 fu2 yu2屈服于x1 | Book Rank #7142
• fù mǔ zhī mìngfu4 mu3 zhi1 ming4父母之命x1 | Book Rank #7143
• fàng zài xīn shàngfang4 zai4 xin1 shang4放在心上x1 | Book Rank #7144to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart
• lán bú zhùlan2 bu2 zhu4拦不住x1 | Book Rank #7145
• pò qiè yāo qiúpo4 qie4 yao1 qiu2迫切要求x1 | Book Rank #7146
• zhēn qíngzhen1 qing2真情x2 | Book Rank #4863real situation; the truth; true emotions; true feelings