Vocabulary: 第七章 围城
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 各得其所x1 | Chapter Rank #3798(idiom) each in the correct place; each is provided for
- 人来人往x1 | Chapter Rank #3799(idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity
- 像是x4 | Chapter Rank #893
- 红楼梦x1 | Chapter Rank #3800A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- 探春x1 | Chapter Rank #3801
- 复杂x3 | Chapter Rank #1245complicated; complex
- 庶出x1 | Chapter Rank #3802born of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
- 长大x1 | Chapter Rank #3803to grow up
- 排行x1 | Chapter Rank #3804to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
- 年纪x1 | Chapter Rank #3805age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 治家x3 | Chapter Rank #1246
- 理x3 | Chapter Rank #1247texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 客人x2 | Chapter Rank #1928visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- 迎来送往x1 | Chapter Rank #3806lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests; all time taken over with social niceties
- 分配x1 | Chapter Rank #3807to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive)
- 年幼x1 | Chapter Rank #3808young; underage
- 弟妹x1 | Chapter Rank #3809younger sibling; younger brother's wife
- 两位x1 | Chapter Rank #3810
- 千头万绪x1 | Chapter Rank #3811plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
- 一力承当x1 | Chapter Rank #3812
- 日记x2 | Chapter Rank #1929diary; CL:則|则[ze2],本[ben3],篇[pian1]
- 记述x1 | Chapter Rank #3813to write an account (of events)
- 节x1 | Chapter Rank #3814see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- 烹饪x1 | Chapter Rank #3815cooking; culinary arts
- 豉x1 | Chapter Rank #3816salted fermented beans
- 油x1 | Chapter Rank #3817oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 煮x1 | Chapter Rank #3818to cook; to boil
- 笋x1 | Chapter Rank #3819bamboo shoot
- 红烧x1 | Chapter Rank #3820to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
- 鸡x5 | Chapter Rank #692fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- 精美x1 | Chapter Rank #3821exquisite; elegant; fine
- 厨x1 | Chapter Rank #3822kitchen
- 成绩x1 | Chapter Rank #3823achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- 厨艺x1 | Chapter Rank #3824cooking skills; culinary talent
- 必备x1 | Chapter Rank #3825essential
- 功课x1 | Chapter Rank #3826homework; assignment; task; classwork; lesson; study; CL:門|门[men2]
- 成长x2 | Chapter Rank #1930to mature; to grow; growth
- 过程x5 | Chapter Rank #693course of events; process
- 历练x1 | Chapter Rank #3827to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced
- 需要x2 | Chapter Rank #1931to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 随时x3 | Chapter Rank #1248at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- 放下架子x1 | Chapter Rank #3828
- 卷起x1 | Chapter Rank #3829to roll up; to curl up; (of dust etc) to swirl up
- 袖子x2 | Chapter Rank #1932sleeve
- 买菜x1 | Chapter Rank #3830to buy groceries
- 做饭x2 | Chapter Rank #1933to prepare a meal; to cook
- 洗衣x2 | Chapter Rank #1934laundry
- 抗战时期x3 | Chapter Rank #1249
- 大西南x1 | Chapter Rank #3831
- 前所未有x1 | Chapter Rank #3832(idiom) unprecedented