Vocabulary: 陈寅恪的最后二十年

• pō lapo1 la5泼辣x2 | Book Rank #7847shrewish; pungent; forceful; bold and vigorous
• xíngxing2型x1 | Book Rank #11639mold; type; style; model
• xiāng xíngxiang1 xing2相形x1 | Book Rank #11640
• kūikui1亏x2 | Book Rank #7848to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly; luckily; fortunately; thanks to; (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
• wéi xīnwei2 xin1唯心x5 | Book Rank #3883
• gāo règao1 re4高热x1 | Book Rank #11641(medicine) high fever; (physics) high heat
• jiàng wēnjiang4 wen1降温x2 | Book Rank #7849to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline
• hú fēnghu2 feng1胡风x5 | Book Rank #3884
• tíng xiēting2 xie1停歇x1 | Book Rank #11642to stop for a rest
• bō tāobo1 tao1波涛x1 | Book Rank #11643billows; great waves; surging waves
• zhì pǔzhi4 pu3质朴x2 | Book Rank #7850simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy
• dǎn chàn xīn jīngdan3 chan4 xin1 jing1胆颤心惊x2 | Book Rank #7851panic-stricken
• háo yǔhao2 yu3豪语x1 | Book Rank #11644
• zhàn chǎngzhan4 chang3战场x2 | Book Rank #7852battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
• jú miànju2 mian4局面x5 | Book Rank #3885aspect; phase; situation
• bǎ chíba3 chi2把持x1 | Book Rank #11645to control; to dominate; to monopolize
• néng lìneng2 li4能力x11 | Book Rank #1941capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
• háo qìhao2 qi4豪气x4 | Book Rank #4668heroic spirit; heroism
• chōng kǒu ér chūchong1 kou3 er2 chu1冲口而出x1 | Book Rank #11646to blurt out without thinking (idiom)
• tā mā deta1 ma1 de5他妈的x1 | Book Rank #11647(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
• fàn cuò wùfan4 cuo4 wu4犯错误x4 | Book Rank #4669
• běn zhāngben3 zhang1本章x2 | Book Rank #7853
• quán xiàoquan2 xiao4全校x10 | Book Rank #2096
• xíng xiàng huàxing2 xiang4 hua4形象化x2 | Book Rank #7854
• tiān zì dì yī hàotian1 zi4 di4 yi1 hao4天字第一号x1 | Book Rank #11648
• nú cainu2 cai5奴才x1 | Book Rank #11649slave; fig. flunkey
• jiē pījie1 pi1揭批x4 | Book Rank #4670to expose and criticize
• zùi xíngzui4 xing2罪行x2 | Book Rank #7855crime; offense
• zhí yánzhi2 yan2直言x3 | Book Rank #5852to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly
• nǐ menni3 men5你们x25 | Book Rank #869you (plural)
• nǎ lǐ zhǎona3 li3 zhao3哪里找x1 | Book Rank #11650
• húo xiànghuo2 xiang4活像x2 | Book Rank #7856to look exactly like; to be the spitting image of
• Dà guān yuánDa4 guan1 yuan2大观园x1 | Book Rank #11651Prospect Garden; Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
• shí shī zishi2 shi1 zi5石狮子x1 | Book Rank #11652guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
• gān jìnggan1 jing4干净x1 | Book Rank #11653clean; neat
• xià, hèxia4, he4吓x1 | Book Rank #11654吓 xià: 吓 xia4: to frighten; to scare吓 hè: 吓 he4: to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
• lǎo fū zǐlao3 fu1 zi3老夫子x1 | Book Rank #11655
• shēn, Shēnshen1, Shen1申x2 | Book Rank #7857申 shēn: 申 shen1: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°申 Shēn: 申 Shen1: old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen
• fēng chūi cǎo dòngfeng1 chui1 cao3 dong4风吹草动x1 | Book Rank #11656lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
• shā guāngsha1 guang1杀光x1 | Book Rank #11657
• tòng kuàitong4 kuai4痛快x5 | Book Rank #3886delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
• qián zàiqian2 zai4潜在x7 | Book Rank #2903hidden; potential; latent
• súi kǒusui2 kou3随口x1 | Book Rank #11658(speak) without thinking the matter through
• qiāng bìqiang1 bi4枪毙x3 | Book Rank #5853to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
• tè wute4 wu5特务x6 | Book Rank #3331special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy
• gāng qíngang1 qin2钢琴x1 | Book Rank #11659piano; CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2]
• suānsuan1酸x2 | Book Rank #7858sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
• zhīzhi1枝x3 | Book Rank #5854branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• sīsi1俬x1 | Book Rank #11660
• lìng rén jìng wèiling4 ren2 jing4 wei4令人敬畏x1 | Book Rank #11661