Vocabulary: 陈寅恪的最后二十年

• yìngying4映x2 | Book Rank #7894(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• chóng lóuchong2 lou2重楼x1 | Book Rank #11718multistory building
• zhīzhi1织x2 | Book Rank #7895to weave; to knit
• sùsu4素x7 | Book Rank #2908raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever
• fēng hóufeng1 hou2封侯x7 | Book Rank #2909
• mái gǔmai2 gu3埋骨x6 | Book Rank #3339
• kǎn tóukan3 tou2砍头x10 | Book Rank #2099to decapitate; to behead
• xìng dexing4 de5幸得x3 | Book Rank #5876
• méi huāmei2 hua1梅花x3 | Book Rank #5877plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); (dialect) wintersweet
• yányan2炎x2 | Book Rank #7896flame; inflammation; -itis
• dì wǔdi4 wu3第五x1 | Book Rank #11719fifth
• zhù shòuzhu4 shou4祝寿x3 | Book Rank #5878to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
• hǎo rì zihao3 ri4 zi5好日子x1 | Book Rank #11720auspicious day; good day; happy life
• jí lì, Jí lìji2 li4, Ji2 li4吉利x1 | Book Rank #11721吉利 jí lì: 吉利 ji2 li4: auspicious; lucky; propitious吉利 Jí lì: 吉利 Ji2 li4: Geely, Chinese car make
• bù hé qíng lǐbu4 he2 qing2 li3不合情理x1 | Book Rank #11722
• yíng rèn ér jiěying2 ren4 er2 jie3迎刃而解x1 | Book Rank #11723lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved
• gěng gěnggeng3 geng3耿耿x1 | Book Rank #11724bright; devoted; having sth on one's mind; troubled
• gōng àngong1 an4公案x4 | Book Rank #4681judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism)
• gào zhuànggao4 zhuang4告状x2 | Book Rank #7897to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit
• yán shēnyan2 shen1延伸x1 | Book Rank #11725to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
• jǔ chūju3 chu1举出x1 | Book Rank #11726
• shì lìshi4 li4事例x3 | Book Rank #5879example; exemplar; typical case
• huàihuai4坏x3 | Book Rank #5880bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
• zhī zì bù tízhi1 zi4 bu4 ti2只字不提x1 | Book Rank #11727(idiom) to say not a single word about it
• bì zhòng jìu qīngbi4 zhong4 jiu4 qing1避重就轻x2 | Book Rank #7898to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
• zōng hézong1 he2综合x4 | Book Rank #4682comprehensive; composite; synthesized; mixed; to sum up; to integrate; to synthesize
• kǒng bùkong3 bu4恐怖x2 | Book Rank #7899terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist
• shī chāoshi1 chao1诗抄x1 | Book Rank #11728
• liǎng jù shīliang3 ju4 shi1两句诗x2 | Book Rank #7900
• luànluan4乱x2 | Book Rank #7901in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
• lǜ shīlu:4 shi1律诗x2 | Book Rank #7902regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
• bì hui, bì hùibi4 hui5, bi4 hui4避讳x1 | Book Rank #11729避讳 bì hui: 避讳 bi4 hui5: to avoid a taboo word or topic; to refrain from; to avoid避讳 bì hùi: 避讳 bi4 hui4: to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)
• rě hùore3 huo4惹祸x1 | Book Rank #11730to stir up trouble; to invite disaster
• dùi zhìdui4 zhi4对峙x3 | Book Rank #5881(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other
• xīn lǐxin1 li3心理x12 | Book Rank #1802psychology; mentality
• jì yùji4 yu4寄寓x7 | Book Rank #2910
• yé yúye2 yu2揶揄x1 | Book Rank #11731to mock; to ridicule
• fěngfeng3讽x2 | Book Rank #7903to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [feng4]
• páng guānpang2 guan1旁观x1 | Book Rank #11732spectator; non-participant
• lǚ lǚlu:3 lu:3屡屡x3 | Book Rank #5882again and again; repeatedly
• zhí shūzhi2 shu1直抒x1 | Book Rank #11733
• zhǔ zhèngzhu3 zheng4主政x3 | Book Rank #5883to lead a government
• shēn chénshen1 chen2深沉x3 | Book Rank #5884deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
• zhà nuǎn huán hánzha4 nuan3 huan2 han2乍暖还寒x1 | Book Rank #11734(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold
• huàn yīhuan4 yi1换衣x1 | Book Rank #11735
• jīn niánjin1 nian2今年x5 | Book Rank #3893this year
• wéiwei2违x2 | Book Rank #7904to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
• huáng yīnghuang2 ying1黄莺x5 | Book Rank #3894black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• jīng mèngjing1 meng4惊梦x1 | Book Rank #11736to awaken from a dream
• títi2啼x3 | Book Rank #5885(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech