Vocabulary: 草枕

• yōu língyou1 ling2幽灵x5 | Book Rank #1347specter; apparition; ghost
• chūn xiāochun1 xiao1春宵x3 | Book Rank #2277(literary) spring night; (fig.) wedding night; (fig.) night of sexual bliss
• dī yíndi1 yin2低吟x1 | Book Rank #5360to chant softly; to murmur
• yǎo tiǎoyao3 tiao3窈窕x6 | Book Rank #1126(literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim; (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded
• qīng, Qīngqing1, Qing1清x5 | Book Rank #1348清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
• zīzi1姿x7 | Book Rank #965beauty; disposition; looks; appearance
• yì shù chuàng zuòyi4 shu4 chuang4 zuo4艺术创作x2 | Book Rank #3216
• jué jiājue2 jia1绝佳x8 | Book Rank #839exceptionally good
• miàn dùimian4 dui4面对x6 | Book Rank #1127to face; to confront
• piān yàopian1 yao4偏要x1 | Book Rank #5361to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything
• wú wèiwu2 wei4无谓x2 | Book Rank #3217pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
• píng yìping2 yi4评议x1 | Book Rank #5362to appraise through discussion
• chuǎi cèchuai3 ce4揣测x2 | Book Rank #3218to guess; to conjecture
• biān pàibian1 pai4编派x1 | Book Rank #5363
• kū zàoku1 zao4枯燥x1 | Book Rank #5364dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
• dào lidao4 li5道理x4 | Book Rank #1693reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
• wú duānwu2 duan1无端x2 | Book Rank #3219for no reason at all
• jīng kǒngjing1 kong3惊恐x2 | Book Rank #3220to be alarmed; to be frightened
• zāo tàzao1 ta4糟蹋x2 | Book Rank #3221to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck; to insult; to humiliate; to defile (a woman); to rape; also pr. [zao1ta5]
• qíu zhī bù déqiu2 zhi1 bu4 de2求之不得x1 | Book Rank #5365lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
• fēng líufeng1 liu2风流x3 | Book Rank #2278distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose
• biāo bǎngbiao1 bang3标榜x2 | Book Rank #3222to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise
• Jiā, jiāJia1, jia1加x3 | Book Rank #2279加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
• xīu liànxiu1 lian4修炼x3 | Book Rank #2280(of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
• zī gézi1 ge2资格x5 | Book Rank #1349qualifications; seniority
• chūi xūchui1 xu1吹嘘x1 | Book Rank #5366to brag
• Yì dà lìYi4 da4 li4意大利x2 | Book Rank #3223Italy
• Sà ěr wǎ dūoSa4 er3 wa3 duo1萨尔瓦多x2 | Book Rank #3224El Salvador
• Sà, sàSa4, sa4萨x2 | Book Rank #3225萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration
• yán jīuyan2 jiu1研究x5 | Book Rank #1350research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
• dào zéidao4 zei2盗贼x2 | Book Rank #3226robber
• wēi xiǎnwei1 xian3危险x8 | Book Rank #840danger; dangerous
• lùo cǎo wéi kòuluo4 cao3 wei2 kou4落草为寇x1 | Book Rank #5367(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
• tóu shēn yútou2 shen1 yu2投身于x1 | Book Rank #5368
• Lù línLu4 lin2绿林x1 | Book Rank #5369place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han; also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]
• qiáng rénqiang2 ren2强人x1 | Book Rank #5370(politics) strongman; (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person; (old) robber
• huái chuāihuai2 chuai1怀揣x3 | Book Rank #2281
• zhè diǎnzhe4 dian3这点x1 | Book Rank #5371
• jué wùjue2 wu4觉悟x3 | Book Rank #2282to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
• nà kě zhēnna4 ke3 zhen1那可真x3 | Book Rank #2283
• xīu kùi nán dāngxiu1 kui4 nan2 dang1羞愧难当x2 | Book Rank #3227to feel ashamed (idiom)
• cǐ shí cǐ kèci3 shi2 ci3 ke4此时此刻x1 | Book Rank #5372at this very moment
• húi dàohui2 dao4回到x8 | Book Rank #841to return to
• shàng láishang4 lai2上来x3 | Book Rank #2284to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
• miàn qiánmian4 qian2面前x10 | Book Rank #654in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
• tùi hòutui4 hou4退后x1 | Book Rank #5373to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
• yī bùyi1 bu4一步x5 | Book Rank #1351
• píng xīn jìng qìping2 xin1 jing4 qi4平心静气x1 | Book Rank #5374
• dì sān zhědi4 san1 zhe3第三者x1 | Book Rank #5375third party; (in romance) the other woman or man
• jiǎn tǎojian3 tao3检讨x1 | Book Rank #5376to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review