Vocabulary: 第六章 老北京的生活、工作和娱乐
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- 一下x1 | Chapter Rank #1626(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 沙滩x1 | Chapter Rank #1627beach; sandy shore; CL:片[pian4]
- 通电x1 | Chapter Rank #1628to set up an electric circuit; to electrify; to switch on; to be connected to an electricity grid; open telegram
- 渤海湾x1 | Chapter Rank #1629Bohai Bay
- 游泳x1 | Chapter Rank #1630swimming; to swim
- 上海x6 | Chapter Rank #148Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪[Hu4])
- 一段时间x1 | Chapter Rank #1631
- 担任x1 | Chapter Rank #1632to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- 为期x1 | Chapter Rank #1633(to be done) by (a certain date); lasting (a certain time)
- 一个月x3 | Chapter Rank #380
- 代理x1 | Chapter Rank #1634to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy
- 总领事x1 | Chapter Rank #1635consul general
- 爱x1 | Chapter Rank #1636to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 商业中心x1 | Chapter Rank #1637business center; commerce center
- 市长x4 | Chapter Rank #257mayor
- 汪道涵x1 | Chapter Rank #1638Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
- 共x1 | Chapter Rank #1639common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 进x1 | Chapter Rank #1640to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 午餐x2 | Chapter Rank #659lunch; luncheon; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- 时期x1 | Chapter Rank #1641period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 激进主义x1 | Chapter Rank #1642radicalism
- 温床x1 | Chapter Rank #1643hotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition
- 汪x2 | Chapter Rank #660expanse of water; ooze; (onom.) bark; classifier for liquids: pool, puddlesurname Wang
- 历经x1 | Chapter Rank #1644to experience; to go through
- 斗争x1 | Chapter Rank #1645a struggle; fight; battle
- 老兵x1 | Chapter Rank #1646old soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
- 大厦x1 | Chapter Rank #1647(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
- 窗x1 | Chapter Rank #1648window; CL:扇[shan4]
- 指着x1 | Chapter Rank #1649
- 外滩x4 | Chapter Rank #258the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River
- 道x1 | Chapter Rank #1650road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 改革开放x1 | Chapter Rank #1651to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
- 时代x1 | Chapter Rank #1652age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]Time, US weekly news magazine
- 持久x1 | Chapter Rank #1653lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long
- 影响力x1 | Chapter Rank #1654influence; impact
- 落后x1 | Chapter Rank #1655to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
- 极力x1 | Chapter Rank #1656to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- 挽救x1 | Chapter Rank #1657to save; to remedy; to rescue
- 眼神x1 | Chapter Rank #1658expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- 充满x1 | Chapter Rank #1659full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- 如今x1 | Chapter Rank #1660nowadays; now
- 一定x1 | Chapter Rank #1661surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- 吃惊x1 | Chapter Rank #1662to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- 不小x1 | Chapter Rank #1663
- 摩天大楼x1 | Chapter Rank #1664skyscraper; CL:座[zuo4]
- 相形见绌x1 | Chapter Rank #1665to pale by comparison (idiom)
- 味道x1 | Chapter Rank #1666flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- 承德x2 | Chapter Rank #661see 承德市[Cheng2 de2 Shi4]; see 承德縣|承德县[Cheng2 de2 Xian4]
- 皇家x1 | Chapter Rank #1667royal; imperial household
- 避暑山庄x2 | Chapter Rank #662mountain resort; Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site