Vocabulary: 第十八章 挽歌已隐约可闻
from 陈寅恪的最后二十年
- 乱世x1 | Chapter Rank #1925the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- 未x6 | Chapter Rank #221not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 嗟x1 | Chapter Rank #1926sigh; also pr. [jue1]
- 同年x3 | Chapter Rank #534the same year
- 题为x3 | Chapter Rank #535
- 丙戌x1 | Chapter Rank #1927twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066
- 成都x1 | Chapter Rank #1928see 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4]
- 初度x4 | Chapter Rank #374
- 清x76 | Chapter Rank #13Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
- 朗x1 | Chapter Rank #1929clear; bright
- 扶x1 | Chapter Rank #1930to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- 携同x1 | Chapter Rank #1931
- 泛x1 | Chapter Rank #1932(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
- 峡江x1 | Chapter Rank #1933see 峽江縣|峡江县[Xia2 jiang1 Xian4]
- 船x2 | Chapter Rank #872boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 六十二岁x1 | Chapter Rank #1934
- 从今x1 | Chapter Rank #1935
- 吃x1 | Chapter Rank #1936to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- 州x1 | Chapter Rank #1937prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- 饭x1 | Chapter Rank #1938cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- 稳x1 | Chapter Rank #1939settled; steady; stable
- 陶x1 | Chapter Rank #1940surname Taopottery; pleased
- 昼x1 | Chapter Rank #1941daytime
- 闭门x1 | Chapter Rank #1942to close a door
- 余年x1 | Chapter Rank #1943one's remaining years
- 何物x1 | Chapter Rank #1944
- 欲求x1 | Chapter Rank #1945to desire; wants; appetites
- 晴x1 | Chapter Rank #1946clear; fine (weather)
- 雪x1 | Chapter Rank #1947surname Xuesnow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
- 映x1 | Chapter Rank #1948(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- 朝霞x1 | Chapter Rank #1949
- 守岁x1 | Chapter Rank #1950to see in the New Year; to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
- 华x1 | Chapter Rank #1951abbr. for Chinamagnificent; splendid; floweryflowerMount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Hua
- 莫言x1 | Chapter Rank #1952Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
- 天地x2 | Chapter Rank #873heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 闭x1 | Chapter Rank #1953to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct
- 春色x1 | Chapter Rank #1954colors of spring; spring scenery
- 交加x1 | Chapter Rank #1955(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
- 癸巳x2 | Chapter Rank #874thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
- 除夕x1 | Chapter Rank #1956lunar New Year's Eve
- 硗x1 | Chapter Rank #1957stony soil
- 画x1 | Chapter Rank #1958to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- 梅x2 | Chapter Rank #875surname Meiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- 意绪x1 | Chapter Rank #1959
- 证x1 | Chapter Rank #1960to admonishcertificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm
- 归隐x1 | Chapter Rank #1961to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
- 仙源x2 | Chapter Rank #876
- 某x1 | Chapter Rank #1962some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- 憧憬x1 | Chapter Rank #1963to long for; to look forward to
- 追x1 | Chapter Rank #1964to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumouslyto sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)