Vocabulary: 陈寅恪的最后二十年

• gāo dīgao1 di1高低x1 | Book Rank #12324height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last
• hán shǔ biǎohan2 shu3 biao3寒暑表x1 | Book Rank #12325
• yuǎn zúyuan3 zu2远足x1 | Book Rank #12326excursion; hike; march
• fàng dàofang4 dao4放到x3 | Book Rank #6024
• zhēng rèzheng1 re4蒸热x1 | Book Rank #12327
• zhǎng, zhàngzhang3, zhang4涨x2 | Book Rank #8166涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend
• tāng chítang1 chi2汤池x1 | Book Rank #12328
• xǐ, xiǎnxi3, xian3洗x4 | Book Rank #4760洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]
• qīng chéngqing1 cheng2倾城x1 | Book Rank #12329coming from everywhere; from all over the place; gorgeous (of woman); to ruin and overturn the state
• bái yù, Bái yùbai2 yu4, Bai2 yu4白玉x1 | Book Rank #12330白玉 bái yù: 白玉 bai2 yu4: white jade; tofu (by analogy)白玉 Bái yù: 白玉 Bai2 yu4: see 白玉縣|白玉县[Bai2 yu4 Xian4]
• Xī shīXi1 shi1西施x1 | Book Rank #12331Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
• yùyu4浴x2 | Book Rank #8167bath; to bathe
• dōng shīdong1 shi1东施x1 | Book Rank #12332
• yīyi1医x4 | Book Rank #4761medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
• bù yíbu4 yi2不宜x2 | Book Rank #8168not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate
• yóu xìyou2 xi4游戏x7 | Book Rank #2943game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
• huàn yǒuhuan4 you3患有x3 | Book Rank #6025to contract (an illness); to be afflicted with; to suffer from
• bǎi shǒubai3 shou3百首x2 | Book Rank #8169
• qíng qùqing2 qu4情趣x2 | Book Rank #8170inclinations and interests; delight; fun; interest; appeal
• yī zhēnyi1 zhen1一帧x1 | Book Rank #12333
• bié yàngbie2 yang4别样x2 | Book Rank #8171different kind of; another sort of; special; unusual
• wǔ cìwu3 ci4五次x3 | Book Rank #6026
• bā cìba1 ci4八次x4 | Book Rank #4762
• dēng zǎideng1 zai3登载x3 | Book Rank #6027to publish (in newspapers or magazines); to record (bookkeeping entries)
• zhàn qùzhan4 qu4占去x1 | Book Rank #12334to take up (one's time etc); to occupy (one's attention etc); to account for (a proportion of sth)
• mì jími4 ji2密集x2 | Book Rank #8172concentrated; crowded together; intensive; compressed
• bù chéng bǐ lìbu4 cheng2 bi3 li4不成比例x2 | Book Rank #8173
• chuán méichuan2 mei2传媒x3 | Book Rank #6028media
• jíji2级x3 | Book Rank #6029level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
• jìng àijing4 ai4敬爱x2 | Book Rank #8174to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
• hè nián kǎhe4 nian2 ka3贺年卡x1 | Book Rank #12335New Year greeting card
• kǎ piànka3 pian4卡片x1 | Book Rank #12336card
• shí jiéshi2 jie2时节x5 | Book Rank #3947season; time
• fēn fāngfen1 fang1芬芳x1 | Book Rank #12337perfume; fragrant
• lüè xiánlve4 xian2略嫌x2 | Book Rank #8175
• zhì nènzhi4 nen4稚嫩x2 | Book Rank #8176young and tender; puerile; soft and immature
• xiàng shìxiang4 shi4像是x1 | Book Rank #12338
• wǔ tiānwu3 tian1五天x10 | Book Rank #2104
• xīn nián lǐ wùxin1 nian2 li3 wu4新年礼物x1 | Book Rank #12339
• dì yī bǎndi4 yi1 ban3第一版x2 | Book Rank #8177
• xīn liánxin1 lian2新联x2 | Book Rank #8178
• jìngjing4竞x4 | Book Rank #4763to compete; to contend; to struggle
• míngming2鸣x9 | Book Rank #2325to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
• jiù suìjiu4 sui4旧岁x4 | Book Rank #4764
• yīngying1莺x59 | Book Rank #332oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• shuāng bǎishuang1 bai3双百x4 | Book Rank #4765
• sòng jìu yíng xīnsong4 jiu4 ying2 xin1送旧迎新x1 | Book Rank #12340usher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year
• miào yòngmiao4 yong4妙用x1 | Book Rank #12341to use (sth) in an ingenious way; marvelously effective use
• Sū Dōng pōSu1 Dong1 po1苏东坡x7 | Book Rank #2944Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
• yě lǎoye3 lao3野老x6 | Book Rank #3389