Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 一根x2 | Chapter Rank #1989
- 命运x2 | Chapter Rank #1990fate; destiny
- 红线x1 | Chapter Rank #3890red line
- 两头x1 | Chapter Rank #3891both ends; both parties to a deal
- 原本x1 | Chapter Rank #3892originally; the original; original copy; original version
- 谱x2 | Chapter Rank #1991chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music
- 纶x1 | Chapter Rank #3893to classify; to twist silk; silk thread
- 桂x4 | Chapter Rank #904surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]cassia; laurel
- 莘x2 | Chapter Rank #1992surname Shenlong; numerousAsarum; Wild ginger; also 細辛|细辛[xi4 xin1]
- 署x2 | Chapter Rank #1993office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign; to arrange
- 蠖x4 | Chapter Rank #905looper caterpillar
- 同治x1 | Chapter Rank #3894reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
- 十一x2 | Chapter Rank #1994PRC National Day (October 1st)eleven; 11
- 十月x1 | Chapter Rank #3895October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
- 十二日x1 | Chapter Rank #3896
- 生于x2 | Chapter Rank #1995
- 信阳x2 | Chapter Rank #1996see 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4]
- 州x1 | Chapter Rank #3897prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- 河南x2 | Chapter Rank #1997see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 后裔x1 | Chapter Rank #3898descendant
- 不折不扣x1 | Chapter Rank #3899a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
- 名门x2 | Chapter Rank #1998famous family; prestigious house
- 曾祖x1 | Chapter Rank #3900great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
- 世x6 | Chapter Rank #586surname Shilife; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- 熙x1 | Chapter Rank #3901(used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
- 历任x1 | Chapter Rank #3902(of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
- 永定x1 | Chapter Rank #3903see 永定區|永定区[Yong3 ding4 Qu1]; see 永定河[Yong3 ding4 He2]
- 衡阳x1 | Chapter Rank #3904see 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4]; see 衡陽縣|衡阳县[Heng2 yang2 Xian4]
- 桂阳x1 | Chapter Rank #3905see 桂陽縣|桂阳县[Gui4 yang2 Xian4]
- 县x2 | Chapter Rank #1999county; (Japan) prefecture
- 知县x1 | Chapter Rank #3906county head magistrate (old)
- 主讲x1 | Chapter Rank #3907to give a lecture; to lecture on
- 贵阳x1 | Chapter Rank #3908see 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4]
- 正本x1 | Chapter Rank #3909original (of a document); reserved copy (of a library book)
- 书院x1 | Chapter Rank #3910academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
- 外祖x1 | Chapter Rank #3911
- 寿x2 | Chapter Rank #2000long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerarysurname Shou
- 彤x2 | Chapter Rank #2001redsurname Tong
- 咸丰x1 | Chapter Rank #3912Xianfeng (1831-1861), reign name of Qing emperor, reigned from 1850-1861; Xianfeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
- 进士x1 | Chapter Rank #3913successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 辞官x1 | Chapter Rank #3914to resign a government post
- 定居x1 | Chapter Rank #3915to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- 长沙x1 | Chapter Rank #3916see 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4]; see 長沙縣|长沙县[Chang2 sha1 Xian4]
- 筑x2 | Chapter Rank #2002short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- 止x2 | Chapter Rank #2003to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- 自娱x1 | Chapter Rank #3917to amuse oneself
- 郭x4 | Chapter Rank #906surname Guoouter city wall
- 昆x1 | Chapter Rank #3918used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration)descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
- 焘x1 | Chapter Rank #3919cover over; to envelopeused in given names
- 郭嵩焘x1 | Chapter Rank #3920Guo Songtao (1818–1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain and minister to France 1877–1879