Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 臣服于x1 | Chapter Rank #3017
- 天主教x1 | Chapter Rank #3018Catholicism
- 君主x1 | Chapter Rank #3019monarch; sovereign
- 王朝x2 | Chapter Rank #1665dynasty
- 鼎革x1 | Chapter Rank #3020change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
- 人世x1 | Chapter Rank #3021the world; this world; the world of the living
- 浮沉x2 | Chapter Rank #1666ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
- 故国x2 | Chapter Rank #1667country with an ancient history
- 不堪回首x2 | Chapter Rank #1668
- 明x8 | Chapter Rank #405Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 柔x1 | Chapter Rank #3022soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
- 靡x1 | Chapter Rank #3023to waste (money)extravagant; go with fashion; not
- 宫廷x1 | Chapter Rank #3024court (of king or emperor)
- 笼罩x2 | Chapter Rank #1669to envelop; to shroud
- 一层x6 | Chapter Rank #549one layer; one level
- 麦秀黍离x1 | Chapter Rank #3025
- 哀愁x1 | Chapter Rank #3026sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful
- 绚丽x1 | Chapter Rank #3027gorgeous; magnificent
- 忧郁x1 | Chapter Rank #3028sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
- 亲切x1 | Chapter Rank #3029amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar
- 惝恍x1 | Chapter Rank #3030(literary) despondent; upset; (literary) hazy; indistinct
- 辞别x1 | Chapter Rank #3031to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
- 之际x3 | Chapter Rank #1096during; at the time of
- 夜色x1 | Chapter Rank #3032night scene; the dim light of night
- 淡淡的x1 | Chapter Rank #3033
- 高高低低x1 | Chapter Rank #3034high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
- 方塔x1 | Chapter Rank #3035
- 耸立x1 | Chapter Rank #3036to stand tall; to tower aloft
- 蜿蜒x1 | Chapter Rank #3037(of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind
- 红色x1 | Chapter Rank #3038red (color); revolutionary
- 围墙x1 | Chapter Rank #3039perimeter wall; fence; CL:道[dao4]
- 清晰x2 | Chapter Rank #1670clear; distinct
- 迷茫x1 | Chapter Rank #3040vast and indistinct; perplexed; bewildered; at a loss
- 眼前x1 | Chapter Rank #3041before one's eyes; now; at present
- 分明x2 | Chapter Rank #1671clear; distinct; evidently; clearly
- 异国他乡x1 | Chapter Rank #3042foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate
- 想到x3 | Chapter Rank #1097to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 却是x5 | Chapter Rank #665nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 李后主x1 | Chapter Rank #3043Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet; given name Li Yu 李煜
- 感慨x2 | Chapter Rank #1672to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- 四十x1 | Chapter Rank #3044forty; 40
- 三千里x1 | Chapter Rank #3045
- 凤阁龙楼x1 | Chapter Rank #3046
- 霄汉x1 | Chapter Rank #3047the sky; the heavens; (fig.) imperial court
- 玉树琼枝x1 | Chapter Rank #3048
- 烟x1 | Chapter Rank #3049cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- 萝x1 | Chapter Rank #3050radish
- 几x4 | Chapter Rank #836small tablehow many; how much; several; a few(literary) almost
- 识x4 | Chapter Rank #837to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]to record; to write a footnote
- 干戈x1 | Chapter Rank #3051weapons of war; arms