Vocabulary: 绯闻艺术史
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- shy; embarrassed; bashful
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- more (than sth else); even more
- reserved; overcautious
- really isn't
- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- not yet; still not
- to finish apprenticeship; to graduate; to send out troops (under a commander)
- to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
- father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- leather; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- merchant; businessman
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- the whole family; members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- dainty; elegance; elegant
- 比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- moist; humid; to moisten; to provide moisture; comfortably off
- 罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
- bridegroom; groom
- 马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- younger male patrilineal cousin
- explorer
- 和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with