Vocabulary: 第十一章 南渡
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 熟稔x1 | Chapter Rank #7831(literary) to be very familiar with (sb or sth); well acquainted with; fully conversant with
- 四两拨千斤x1 | Chapter Rank #7832lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort
- 欢声笑语x1 | Chapter Rank #7833cheers and laughter
- 奇妙x1 | Chapter Rank #7834wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
- 化学反应x1 | Chapter Rank #7835chemical reaction
- 小院x1 | Chapter Rank #7836
- 久居x1 | Chapter Rank #7837
- 兴致x1 | Chapter Rank #7838mood; spirits; interest
- 俏皮x1 | Chapter Rank #7839smart; charming; attractive; witty; facetious; ironic
- 大洋彼岸x1 | Chapter Rank #7840
- 闺x1 | Chapter Rank #7841small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
- 蜜x1 | Chapter Rank #7842honey
- 仨x1 | Chapter Rank #7843three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个)
- 慢性子x1 | Chapter Rank #7844slow-tempered; phlegmatic; a slowcoach
- 纽约x2 | Chapter Rank #3615New York
- 线x1 | Chapter Rank #7845thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- 驶来x1 | Chapter Rank #7846
- 站长x5 | Chapter Rank #1243person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
- 休假x1 | Chapter Rank #7847to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
- 过客x1 | Chapter Rank #7848passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner
- 略有x1 | Chapter Rank #7849
- 干扰x1 | Chapter Rank #7850to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)
- 总能x2 | Chapter Rank #3616total energy
- 显得x3 | Chapter Rank #2244to seem; to look; to appear
- 有趣x1 | Chapter Rank #7851interesting; fascinating; amusing
- 忙不迭x1 | Chapter Rank #7852hurriedly; in haste
- 当着x2 | Chapter Rank #3617in front of; in the presence of
- 打字x1 | Chapter Rank #7853to type (using a keyboard, typewriter or phone etc)
- 一列x1 | Chapter Rank #7854
- 不知所云x1 | Chapter Rank #7855to not know what sb is driving at; to be unintelligible
- 从未见过x1 | Chapter Rank #7856
- 要不然x1 | Chapter Rank #7857otherwise; or else; or
- 搞混x1 | Chapter Rank #7858to confuse; to muddle; to mix up
- 向来x1 | Chapter Rank #7859always (previously)
- 好笑x1 | Chapter Rank #7860laughable; funny; ridiculous
- 解释x1 | Chapter Rank #7861explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 主梁x1 | Chapter Rank #7862
- 构造x1 | Chapter Rank #7863structure; composition; tectonic (geology); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 佳x5 | Chapter Rank #1244beautiful; fine; goodsurname Jia
- 倾斜x1 | Chapter Rank #7864to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt
- 加以x2 | Chapter Rank #3618(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- 施工x1 | Chapter Rank #7865construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
- 丑陋x1 | Chapter Rank #7866ugly
- 钢铁x1 | Chapter Rank #7867steel
- 支架x1 | Chapter Rank #7868trestle; support; stand; frame; (medicine) stent; to prop up; to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
- 损耗x1 | Chapter Rank #7869loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc); (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)
- 繁忙x1 | Chapter Rank #7870busy; bustling
- 动摇x1 | Chapter Rank #7871to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- 贫穷x2 | Chapter Rank #3619poor; impoverished
- 辛劳x1 | Chapter Rank #7872laborious