Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 房子x1 | Chapter Rank #4750house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- 丈量x1 | Chapter Rank #4751to measure; measurement
- 截至x2 | Chapter Rank #2228up to (a time); by (a time)
- 熟识x1 | Chapter Rank #4752to be well acquainted with; to know well
- 势所必然x1 | Chapter Rank #4753
- 根底x1 | Chapter Rank #4754foundation; grounding; background; what lies at the bottom of sth; root; cause
- 茫然x1 | Chapter Rank #4755blankly; vacantly; at a loss
- 依傍x1 | Chapter Rank #4756to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some model)
- 第一步x1 | Chapter Rank #4757step one; first step
- 期望x2 | Chapter Rank #2229to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
- 解开x1 | Chapter Rank #4758to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
- 由近及远x1 | Chapter Rank #4759
- 一点点x1 | Chapter Rank #4760a little bit
- 打开x2 | Chapter Rank #2230to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 奥秘x1 | Chapter Rank #4761secret; mystery
- 租用x2 | Chapter Rank #2231to lease; to hire; to rent (sth from sb)
- 行健x1 | Chapter Rank #4762
- 东侧x1 | Chapter Rank #4763east side; east face
- 社x1 | Chapter Rank #4764(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
- 故宫x4 | Chapter Rank #941former imperial palacethe Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宮博物院|故宫博物院[Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4]
- 一角x3 | Chapter Rank #1346
- 发展史x1 | Chapter Rank #4765
- 前辈x1 | Chapter Rank #4766senior; older generation; precursor
- 教具x1 | Chapter Rank #4767teaching aids; educational materials
- 研x2 | Chapter Rank #2232to grind; study; research
- 民初x2 | Chapter Rank #2233
- 堂x5 | Chapter Rank #739(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- 生动x3 | Chapter Rank #1347(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
- 礼拜x1 | Chapter Rank #4768to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday
- 星期天x1 | Chapter Rank #4769Sunday
- 平常x2 | Chapter Rank #2234ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily
- 有时候x1 | Chapter Rank #4770sometimes
- 大爷x1 | Chapter Rank #4771arrogant idler; self-centered show-off(coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
- 串门x1 | Chapter Rank #4772to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home
- 挺x1 | Chapter Rank #4773straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 调皮x1 | Chapter Rank #4774naughty; mischievous; unruly
- 大妈x1 | Chapter Rank #4775father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
- 姑娘x1 | Chapter Rank #4776girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 叫x5 | Chapter Rank #740to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 姑x1 | Chapter Rank #4777paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)
- 姐x1 | Chapter Rank #4778older sister
- 叔x1 | Chapter Rank #4779uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 大哥x1 | Chapter Rank #4780eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss
- 少时x1 | Chapter Rank #4781
- 子承父业x1 | Chapter Rank #4782(idiom) (of a son) to carry on one's father's business or profession
- 壮年x1 | Chapter Rank #4783lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc)
- 帝陵x1 | Chapter Rank #4784
- 光绪皇帝x1 | Chapter Rank #4785
- 陵x1 | Chapter Rank #4786mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- 头目x1 | Chapter Rank #4787ringleader; gang leader; chieftain