Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 推x2 | Chapter Rank #2019to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- 叶恭绰x2 | Chapter Rank #2020
- 办事x1 | Chapter Rank #3991to handle (affairs); to work
- 实学x1 | Chapter Rank #3992
- 碰上x1 | Chapter Rank #3993to run into; to come upon; to meet
- 经世致用x2 | Chapter Rank #2021
- 如鱼得水x1 | Chapter Rank #3994like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
- 地方x3 | Chapter Rank #1251region; regional (away from the central administration); localplace; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]
- 小吏x1 | Chapter Rank #3995
- 稳打稳扎x1 | Chapter Rank #3996
- 做到x2 | Chapter Rank #2022to accomplish; to achieve
- 京城x2 | Chapter Rank #2023capital of a country
- 要员x2 | Chapter Rank #2024key participant; VIP
- 晚清x1 | Chapter Rank #3997the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China
- 洪x1 | Chapter Rank #3998surname Hongflood; big; great
- 宪x1 | Chapter Rank #3999statute; constitution
- 北洋x1 | Chapter Rank #4000the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
- 中华人民共和国x1 | Chapter Rank #4001People's Republic of China
- 单x2 | Chapter Rank #2025bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Shanused in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]
- 先后x1 | Chapter Rank #4002early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- 总长x5 | Chapter Rank #717name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3]total length
- 内务x4 | Chapter Rank #909internal affairs; domestic affairs; family affairs; (trad.) affairs within the palace
- 一任x1 | Chapter Rank #4003
- 代理x1 | Chapter Rank #4004to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy
- 国务总理x2 | Chapter Rank #2026minister of state (old usage)
- 宦海沉浮x1 | Chapter Rank #4005
- 难免x3 | Chapter Rank #1252hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
- 毁誉x1 | Chapter Rank #4006
- 交织x1 | Chapter Rank #4007to interweave
- 袁世凯x3 | Chapter Rank #1253Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
- 助x1 | Chapter Rank #4008to help; to assist
- 筹备x3 | Chapter Rank #1254preparations; to get ready for sth
- 登基x1 | Chapter Rank #4009to ascend the throne
- 大典x2 | Chapter Rank #2027ceremony; collection of classical writings
- 此事x1 | Chapter Rank #4010this matter
- 饱受x1 | Chapter Rank #4011to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to
- 诟病x2 | Chapter Rank #2028to denounce; to castigate
- 污点x1 | Chapter Rank #4012stain; taint
- 祭天大典x1 | Chapter Rank #4013
- 冠冕堂皇x1 | Chapter Rank #4014high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
- 俨然x1 | Chapter Rank #4015just like; solemn; dignified; neatly laid out
- 朝x3 | Chapter Rank #1255abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Koreaimperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsmorning
- 重臣x1 | Chapter Rank #4016important minister; major figure in government
- 通缉x1 | Chapter Rank #4017to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted
- 万x2 | Chapter Rank #2029used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]surname Wanten thousand; a great number
- 唾骂x1 | Chapter Rank #4018to spit on and curse; to revile
- 桩x1 | Chapter Rank #4019stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- 旧事x1 | Chapter Rank #4020old affair; former matter
- 踌躇x1 | Chapter Rank #4021to hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth; (literary) self-satisfied
- 差一点x1 | Chapter Rank #4022see 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]