Vocabulary: 第十五章 一段昙花一现的日子
from 陈寅恪的最后二十年
- 点睛之笔x1 | Chapter Rank #2308the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point
- 概括x1 | Chapter Rank #2309to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline
- 稿x1 | Chapter Rank #2310manuscript; draft; stalk of grain
- 风风雨雨x2 | Chapter Rank #910trials and tribulations; ups and downs
- 言中x1 | Chapter Rank #2311to have one's words prove to be prophetic
- 身后事x1 | Chapter Rank #2312matters to attend to after sb's death (esp. funeral arrangements)
- 遗漏x1 | Chapter Rank #2313to overlook; to miss; to omit
- 尾声x1 | Chapter Rank #2314coda; epilogue; end
- 胎死腹中x1 | Chapter Rank #2315fetus dies in the belly; (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out
- 空x1 | Chapter Rank #2316to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free timeempty; air; sky; in vain
- 付x1 | Chapter Rank #2317surname Futo pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
- 心血x1 | Chapter Rank #2318heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- 辛劳x1 | Chapter Rank #2319laborious
- 六十元x1 | Chapter Rank #2320
- 费x1 | Chapter Rank #2321to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expensessurname Fei
- 后来x1 | Chapter Rank #2322afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 历经x1 | Chapter Rank #2323to experience; to go through
- 犬x1 | Chapter Rank #2324(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
- 磨难x1 | Chapter Rank #2325a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
- 风行一时x1 | Chapter Rank #2326(idiom) to be popular for a while; to be all the rage for a time
- 散文x1 | Chapter Rank #2327(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
- 雾x1 | Chapter Rank #2328fog; mist; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
- 失x1 | Chapter Rank #2329to lose; to miss; to fail
- 楼台x1 | Chapter Rank #2330(dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance
- 丁香花x1 | Chapter Rank #2331
- 名篇x1 | Chapter Rank #2332famous piece of writing
- 回过头来x1 | Chapter Rank #2333to turn one's head; to turn around; (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before); (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past
- 重拾x1 | Chapter Rank #2334to pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence); to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
- 应该x3 | Chapter Rank #534ought to; should; must
- 遗落x1 | Chapter Rank #2335to leave behind (inadvertently); to forget; to omit; to leave out
- 一群x2 | Chapter Rank #911
- 出身x2 | Chapter Rank #912to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- 云集x1 | Chapter Rank #2336to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm
- 座x2 | Chapter Rank #913seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- 盎然x1 | Chapter Rank #2337abundant; plentiful; overflowing; exuberant
- 春色x1 | Chapter Rank #2338colors of spring; spring scenery
- 名城x1 | Chapter Rank #2339famous city
- 共同x1 | Chapter Rank #2340common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- 有着x2 | Chapter Rank #914to have; to possess
- 丝缕x1 | Chapter Rank #2341silk thread
- 牵连x1 | Chapter Rank #2342to implicate; implicated; to link together
- 巧合x1 | Chapter Rank #2343coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
- 中华人民共和国x1 | Chapter Rank #2344People's Republic of China
- 四十多年x1 | Chapter Rank #2345
- 找到x1 | Chapter Rank #2346to find
- 条约x1 | Chapter Rank #2347treaty; pact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 隐约x1 | Chapter Rank #2348vague; faint; indistinct
- 现x1 | Chapter Rank #2349to appear; present; now; existing; current
- 伏x1 | Chapter Rank #2350surname Futo lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- 线x1 | Chapter Rank #2351thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)