Vocabulary: 第十一章 南渡
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 丞x1 | Chapter Rank #4121deputy
- 换帖x1 | Chapter Rank #4122to exchange cards containing personal details (when taking an oath of fraternity)
- 兄弟x18 | Chapter Rank #275brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- 当年x9 | Chapter Rank #565that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 督察x1 | Chapter Rank #4123to supervise; to superintend; inspector; censorship
- 同仁堂x5 | Chapter Rank #1088Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM)
- 当家x2 | Chapter Rank #2424to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge
- 乐x4 | Chapter Rank #1321musichappy; cheerful; to laughsurname Lesurname Yueused in place names
- 义x3 | Chapter Rank #1737surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- 太平洋战争x1 | Chapter Rank #4124Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945
- 别的x7 | Chapter Rank #769else; other
- 担心x8 | Chapter Rank #661anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 珠宝店x1 | Chapter Rank #4125
- 处处x1 | Chapter Rank #4126everywhere; in all respects
- 宝x2 | Chapter Rank #2425jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- 如今x4 | Chapter Rank #1322nowadays; now
- 炮弹x2 | Chapter Rank #2426artillery shell; CL:枚[mei2]
- 炸弹x12 | Chapter Rank #415bomb; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- 落x9 | Chapter Rank #566to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behindcolloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compoundsto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
- 这儿x1 | Chapter Rank #4127here
- 很x38 | Chapter Rank #111very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 容易x3 | Chapter Rank #1738easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- 毁x4 | Chapter Rank #1323to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slanderto destroy by fireto defame; to slander
- 文物古迹x1 | Chapter Rank #4128
- 且x10 | Chapter Rank #496and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 无可挽回x1 | Chapter Rank #4129irrevocable; the die is cast
- 从x89 | Chapter Rank #44from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 历代x1 | Chapter Rank #4130successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
- 宫室x3 | Chapter Rank #1739
- 难逃x1 | Chapter Rank #4131
- 轮回x1 | Chapter Rank #4132(neologism) (slang) to respond to a message after a very long delay (pun on 輪迴|轮回[lun2 hui2], the cycle of rebirth) (opposite of 秒回[miao3 hui2])(Buddhism) samsara; cycle of rebirth; to recur cyclically; to succeed one another in cycles
- 劫x2 | Chapter Rank #2427to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
- 之灾x2 | Chapter Rank #2428
- 木结构x2 | Chapter Rank #2429
- 经不起x1 | Chapter Rank #4133can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist
- 火焚x1 | Chapter Rank #4134
- 雷击x1 | Chapter Rank #4135lightning strike; thunderbolt
- 圆明园x1 | Chapter Rank #4136Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
- 石x11 | Chapter Rank #442dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- 结构x7 | Chapter Rank #770structure; composition; makeup; architecture; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
- 逃不过x1 | Chapter Rank #4137
- 兵火x1 | Chapter Rank #4138
- 守护x1 | Chapter Rank #4139to guard; to protect
- 相传x1 | Chapter Rank #4140to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
- 这位x9 | Chapter Rank #567this (person)
- 拜把子x1 | Chapter Rank #4141to become sworn brothers
- 合股x1 | Chapter Rank #4142joint stock; ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn)
- 经营x1 | Chapter Rank #4143to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 商人x1 | Chapter Rank #4144merchant; businessman
- 大笑一声x1 | Chapter Rank #4145