Vocabulary: 第七章 围城
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 怎样x4 | Chapter Rank #912how; what kind
- 生活水准x1 | Chapter Rank #4202
- 急剧下降x1 | Chapter Rank #4203
- 上阵x1 | Chapter Rank #4204to go into battle
- 应对x1 | Chapter Rank #4205to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- 转战x1 | Chapter Rank #4206to fight in one place after another
- 忙碌x1 | Chapter Rank #4207busy; bustling
- 停不下来x1 | Chapter Rank #4208
- 陀螺x1 | Chapter Rank #4209spinning top; gyroscope
- 最大x2 | Chapter Rank #2003
- 两全其美x1 | Chapter Rank #4210to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
- 一面x1 | Chapter Rank #4211one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- 一块x2 | Chapter Rank #2004a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
- 海绵x1 | Chapter Rank #4212(zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge; sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc); foam rubber
- 吸收x1 | Chapter Rank #4213to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit
- 放空x1 | Chapter Rank #4214to relax completely; to empty one's mind; (finance) to sell short; (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers); to deadhead
- 浪费x5 | Chapter Rank #701to waste; to squander
- 另一面x1 | Chapter Rank #4215
- 纯净x1 | Chapter Rank #4216pure; clean; unmixed
- 糟糠x1 | Chapter Rank #4217chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
- 典型x1 | Chapter Rank #4218model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- 租x1 | Chapter Rank #4219to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax
- 两间x1 | Chapter Rank #4220
- 屋子x1 | Chapter Rank #4221house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 烹调x1 | Chapter Rank #4222to cook
- 子x2 | Chapter Rank #2005son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 铺床x1 | Chapter Rank #4223to make a bed; to lay bedding
- 生存x1 | Chapter Rank #4224to exist; to survive
- 状态x1 | Chapter Rank #4225condition; state; state of affairs
- 话语x1 | Chapter Rank #4226words; speech; utterance; discourse
- 精练x1 | Chapter Rank #4227(textiles) to scour; to degum (silk)
- 闹哄哄x1 | Chapter Rank #4228clamorous; noisy; sensational; very exciting
- 以至x4 | Chapter Rank #913down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- 顾惜x1 | Chapter Rank #4229to take loving care of; to value
- 取得x1 | Chapter Rank #4230to acquire; to get; to obtain
- 傅斯年x2 | Chapter Rank #2006
- 平白x1 | Chapter Rank #4231for no reason; gratuitously
- 三十多年x1 | Chapter Rank #4232
- 空头支票x1 | Chapter Rank #4233bounced check; bad check; (idiom) empty promise
- 难得x2 | Chapter Rank #2007seldom; rare; hard to come by
- 兑现x1 | Chapter Rank #4234(of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment
- 几年x3 | Chapter Rank #1280a few years; several years; how many years?
- 碰上x2 | Chapter Rank #2008to run into; to come upon; to meet
- 大战x1 | Chapter Rank #4235war; to wage war
- 转入x1 | Chapter Rank #4236to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
- 井臼x1 | Chapter Rank #4237
- 柴米x1 | Chapter Rank #4238
- 阵地x1 | Chapter Rank #4239(military) position; front
- 五x2 | Chapter Rank #2009five; 5
- 大好x1 | Chapter Rank #4240