Vocabulary: 第十一章 南渡
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 抵达x14 | Chapter Rank #359to arrive; to reach (a destination)
- 上下x1 | Chapter Rank #4367the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- 舟车x1 | Chapter Rank #4368
- 十六次x1 | Chapter Rank #4369
- 进出x1 | Chapter Rank #4370to enter and exit; to go in and out; inflow and outflow (of goods, vehicles, funds etc)
- 旅店x2 | Chapter Rank #2521inn; small hotel
- 十二次x1 | Chapter Rank #4371
- 一段x9 | Chapter Rank #578
- 追记x1 | Chapter Rank #4372to award posthumously; to write down afterwards; retrospective account
- 这次x6 | Chapter Rank #937
- 旅途x5 | Chapter Rank #1116journey; trip
- 大不了x1 | Chapter Rank #4373at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
- 通常x4 | Chapter Rank #1373regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
- 够呛x1 | Chapter Rank #4374unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely
- 绕x4 | Chapter Rank #1374to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplexto spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour
- 汉口x2 | Chapter Rank #2522Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
- 开学x2 | Chapter Rank #2523(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term
- 轻描淡写x1 | Chapter Rank #4375(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
- 足以x4 | Chapter Rank #1375sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- 看出x3 | Chapter Rank #1785to make out; to see
- 辛苦x2 | Chapter Rank #2524exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
- 仅仅x1 | Chapter Rank #4376barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- 租住x2 | Chapter Rank #2525
- 火车站x4 | Chapter Rank #1376train station
- 附近x5 | Chapter Rank #1117nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- 韭菜x1 | Chapter Rank #4377garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit
- 教x6 | Chapter Rank #938(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)to teach; to instructsurname Jiao
- 厂x1 | Chapter Rank #4378"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etcfactory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- 坪x1 | Chapter Rank #4379a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)
- 一座x10 | Chapter Rank #507
- 两层x1 | Chapter Rank #4380
- 灰x1 | Chapter Rank #4381ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
- 砖x2 | Chapter Rank #2526brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 楼房x2 | Chapter Rank #2527a building of two or more stories; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- 房东x1 | Chapter Rank #4382landlord
- 楼下x2 | Chapter Rank #2528downstairs
- 后面x3 | Chapter Rank #1786the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 狭窄x2 | Chapter Rank #2529narrow
- 阴暗x2 | Chapter Rank #2530dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- 潮湿x3 | Chapter Rank #1787damp; moist
- 天井x1 | Chapter Rank #4383courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
- 车站x7 | Chapter Rank #789rail station; bus stop; CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4]
- 历来x2 | Chapter Rank #2531always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- 攻击x2 | Chapter Rank #2532to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
- 目标x4 | Chapter Rank #1377target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 窗x2 | Chapter Rank #2533window; CL:扇[shan4]
- 所以x9 | Chapter Rank #579therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 颇x9 | Chapter Rank #580surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
- 不妙x1 | Chapter Rank #4384(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
- 归x9 | Chapter Rank #581to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisorsurname Gui