Vocabulary: 第七章 围城
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 字斟句酌x1 | Chapter Rank #3611weighing every word
- 使用x1 | Chapter Rank #3612to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
- 措辞x1 | Chapter Rank #3613wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
- 说法x3 | Chapter Rank #1217way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretationto expound Buddhist teachings
- 乍一看x1 | Chapter Rank #3614
- 煞有介事x1 | Chapter Rank #3615to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom); to act as if one is taking things very seriously
- 何以x1 | Chapter Rank #3616(literary) why; how
- 端x2 | Chapter Rank #1869(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe outstart; origin
- 郑重x2 | Chapter Rank #1870serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious
- 仔细x2 | Chapter Rank #1871careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- 体察x3 | Chapter Rank #1218to experience; to observe
- 交往x1 | Chapter Rank #3617to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- 对照x1 | Chapter Rank #3618to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- 一份x8 | Chapter Rank #391
- 与其说是x1 | Chapter Rank #3619
- 放下x3 | Chapter Rank #1219to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- 身段x1 | Chapter Rank #3620a woman's physique; figure; posture on stage
- 不如说x1 | Chapter Rank #3621
- 同性x1 | Chapter Rank #3622same nature; homosexual
- 兼x1 | Chapter Rank #3623double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- 同类x1 | Chapter Rank #3624similar; same type; alike
- 甘苦x1 | Chapter Rank #3625good times and hardships; joys and tribulations; for better or for worse
- 细致入微x1 | Chapter Rank #3626
- 第二任x1 | Chapter Rank #3627
- 媒体x1 | Chapter Rank #3628media, esp. news media
- 采访x1 | Chapter Rank #3629to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover
- 赞誉x2 | Chapter Rank #1872to praise; to acclaim
- 略略x1 | Chapter Rank #3630slightly; roughly; briefly; very generally
- 沉吟x1 | Chapter Rank #3631to mutter to oneself irresolutely
- 犹疑x2 | Chapter Rank #1873to hesitate
- 擅长x2 | Chapter Rank #1874to be good at; to be expert in
- 家务x11 | Chapter Rank #297household duties; housework
- 合x3 | Chapter Rank #1220100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- 常理x1 | Chapter Rank #3632common sense; conventional reasoning and morals
- 世人x5 | Chapter Rank #685people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- 顶x1 | Chapter Rank #3633apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- 耀眼x1 | Chapter Rank #3634to dazzle; dazzling
- 光环x1 | Chapter Rank #3635ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
- 寄予x1 | Chapter Rank #3636to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give
- 想象x4 | Chapter Rank #884to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 当中x4 | Chapter Rank #885among; in the middle; in the center
- 臆测x2 | Chapter Rank #1875to speculate; to conjecture
- 理所应当x1 | Chapter Rank #3637it's only right and proper; it goes without saying
- 十指x1 | Chapter Rank #3638
- 沾x1 | Chapter Rank #3639to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touchto moisten
- 阳春x1 | Chapter Rank #3640mild spring weathersee 陽春市|阳春市[Yang2 chun1 Shi4]
- 水x3 | Chapter Rank #1221water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 天生x4 | Chapter Rank #886nature; disposition; innate; natural
- 适合x1 | Chapter Rank #3641to fit; to suit
- 宏大x1 | Chapter Rank #3642great; grand