Vocabulary: 第七章 围城
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 直x3 | Chapter Rank #1138straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characterssurname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 高冈x1 | Chapter Rank #3070
- 盘绕x1 | Chapter Rank #3071to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork)
- 望x2 | Chapter Rank #1711full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 山峦x1 | Chapter Rank #3072mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks
- 屏x2 | Chapter Rank #1712used in 屏營|屏营[bing1 ying2]to get rid of; to put aside; to reject; to keep control; to hold (one's breath)(standing) screen
- 嶂x1 | Chapter Rank #3073cliff; range of peaks
- 俯瞰x1 | Chapter Rank #3074to look down at (from a high vantage point)
- 田x2 | Chapter Rank #1713field; farm; CL:片[pian4]surname Tian
- 陇x1 | Chapter Rank #3075short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- 农舍x1 | Chapter Rank #3076farmhouse
- 穿行x1 | Chapter Rank #3077to go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through
- 几处x1 | Chapter Rank #3078
- 山庄x1 | Chapter Rank #3079manor house; villa; (used in hotel names)
- 城楼x1 | Chapter Rank #3080city gate tower
- 街巷x1 | Chapter Rank #3081streets and alleys; street; alley
- 井x1 | Chapter Rank #3082a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderlyJing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing
- 均x3 | Chapter Rank #1139(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- 幽雅x1 | Chapter Rank #3083serene and elegant (of a place); ethereal (of music)
- 画意x1 | Chapter Rank #3084
- 树x4 | Chapter Rank #839tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 亦x3 | Chapter Rank #1140also
- 茂x1 | Chapter Rank #3085luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
- 古x2 | Chapter Rank #1714surname Guancient; old; paleo-
- 干x7 | Chapter Rank #457surname Gandry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shieldtree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 合抱x1 | Chapter Rank #3086to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
- 底下x4 | Chapter Rank #840the location below sth; afterwards
- 必x3 | Chapter Rank #1141certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 树神x1 | Chapter Rank #3087
- 香火x1 | Chapter Rank #3088incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks
- 甘泉x1 | Chapter Rank #3089see 甘泉縣|甘泉县[Gan1 quan2 Xian4]
- 至此x2 | Chapter Rank #1715up until now; so far
- 已成x3 | Chapter Rank #1142
- 溪x1 | Chapter Rank #3090creek; rivulet
- 地域x1 | Chapter Rank #3091area; district; region
- 妇人x1 | Chapter Rank #3092married woman
- 童子x1 | Chapter Rank #3093(literary) boy
- 濯x1 | Chapter Rank #3094to wash; to cleanse of evil
- 菜x4 | Chapter Rank #841vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- 浣衣x1 | Chapter Rank #3095to wash clothes
- 利用x1 | Chapter Rank #3096to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- 天然x1 | Chapter Rank #3097natural
- 泉x1 | Chapter Rank #3098spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- 清x6 | Chapter Rank #547(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- 琉璃x1 | Chapter Rank #3099colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object
- 顿觉x1 | Chapter Rank #3100to feel suddenly; to realize abruptly
- 清凉x1 | Chapter Rank #3101cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing
- 风景x2 | Chapter Rank #1716scenery; landscape
- 越x12 | Chapter Rank #267to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the moregeneric word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 前进x1 | Chapter Rank #3102to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward