Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 似x2 | Chapter Rank #1882to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) thanused in 似的[shi4 de5]
- 榫x1 | Chapter Rank #3590(cabinetmaking) tenon
- 古朴x1 | Chapter Rank #3591simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
- 庄重x1 | Chapter Rank #3592grave; solemn; dignified
- 大理石x1 | Chapter Rank #3593marble
- 制成x1 | Chapter Rank #3594to manufacture; to turn out (a product)
- 正面x3 | Chapter Rank #1204front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- 先考x1 | Chapter Rank #3595
- 任x10 | Chapter Rank #318to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)surname Ren
- 府君x1 | Chapter Rank #3596
- 暨x2 | Chapter Rank #1883(literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今[ji4 jin1] "up to now")
- 先妣x1 | Chapter Rank #3597(literary) my late mother
- 太夫人x2 | Chapter Rank #1884(old) dowager; old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
- 墓x2 | Chapter Rank #1885grave; tomb; mausoleum
- 表明x2 | Chapter Rank #1886to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- 主x6 | Chapter Rank #578owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 生平事迹x1 | Chapter Rank #3598lifetime achievements
- 生前x1 | Chapter Rank #3599(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- 知我罪我x1 | Chapter Rank #3600
- 天下x1 | Chapter Rank #3601land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 后世x4 | Chapter Rank #886later generations
- 评说x2 | Chapter Rank #1887to comment; to evaluate
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #3602that's all; nothing more
- 如今x2 | Chapter Rank #1888nowadays; now
- 一方x1 | Chapter Rank #3603a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region
- 任由x1 | Chapter Rank #3604to let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of
- 北平x15 | Chapter Rank #195Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
- 各界人士x2 | Chapter Rank #1889all walks of life
- 同乡会x1 | Chapter Rank #3605
- 广惠寺x2 | Chapter Rank #1890
- 举行x2 | Chapter Rank #1891to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 公祭x4 | Chapter Rank #887public memorial service
- 满布x2 | Chapter Rank #1892
- 祭x1 | Chapter Rank #3606to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festivalsurname Zhai
- 联x1 | Chapter Rank #3607(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
- 章x3 | Chapter Rank #1205chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; ordersurname Zhang
- 参加x3 | Chapter Rank #1206to participate; to take part; to join
- 香山x2 | Chapter Rank #1893
- 山x4 | Chapter Rank #888mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons onsurname Shan
- 慈幼院x1 | Chapter Rank #3608
- 松x5 | Chapter Rank #708surname Songpine; CL:棵[ke1]loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- 坡x2 | Chapter Rank #1894slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted
- 门人x1 | Chapter Rank #3609disciple; follower; hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
- 杨x4 | Chapter Rank #889surname Yangpoplar
- 鸿x5 | Chapter Rank #709eastern bean goose; great; large
- 烈x1 | Chapter Rank #3610ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- 汪x2 | Chapter Rank #1895expanse of water; ooze; (onom.) bark; classifier for liquids: pool, puddlesurname Wang
- 震x1 | Chapter Rank #3611to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 蹇x2 | Chapter Rank #1896surname Jianlame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse
- 艾x2 | Chapter Rank #1897surname AiChinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa; used in transliteration