Vocabulary: 第十一章 南渡
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 真的x9 | Chapter Rank #582really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- 有朝一日x2 | Chapter Rank #2534one day; sometime in the future
- 家里x11 | Chapter Rank #447home
- 风尘仆仆x1 | Chapter Rank #4385lit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
- 日渐x2 | Chapter Rank #2535to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day
- 局促x1 | Chapter Rank #4386cramped; ill at ease
- 窘迫x4 | Chapter Rank #1378poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- 条件x9 | Chapter Rank #583condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 对此x3 | Chapter Rank #1788
- 给予x3 | Chapter Rank #1789(literary) to give; to accord; to render
- 百无一用x1 | Chapter Rank #4387
- 书生x2 | Chapter Rank #2536scholar; intellectual; egghead
- 或者x6 | Chapter Rank #939or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 同生死x1 | Chapter Rank #4388
- 共患难x1 | Chapter Rank #4389to go through hardship together
- 梁x39 | Chapter Rank #109roof beam; beam (structure); bridgeLiang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang
- 冰x21 | Chapter Rank #240ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
- 以前x2 | Chapter Rank #2537before; formerly; previous; ago
- 厨师x2 | Chapter Rank #2538cook; chef
- 保姆x2 | Chapter Rank #2539nanny; babysitter; housekeeper
- 照顾x3 | Chapter Rank #1790to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after
- 全部x8 | Chapter Rank #673whole; all
- 承担x3 | Chapter Rank #1791to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
- 变化x1 | Chapter Rank #4390(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- 好像x8 | Chapter Rank #674as if; to seem like
- 一点x14 | Chapter Rank #360a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 抱怨x2 | Chapter Rank #2540to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- 情绪x9 | Chapter Rank #584mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 学x14 | Chapter Rank #361to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 第一次x4 | Chapter Rank #1379the first time; for the first time
- 动手x2 | Chapter Rank #2541to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb; to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
- 做饭x3 | Chapter Rank #1792to prepare a meal; to cook
- 烧x5 | Chapter Rank #1118to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- 一壶水x1 | Chapter Rank #4391
- 半天x2 | Chapter Rank #2542half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 开x10 | Chapter Rank #508to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 问x13 | Chapter Rank #383to ask; to inquire
- 哈哈大笑x1 | Chapter Rank #4392to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
- 水x9 | Chapter Rank #585water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 疑惑x2 | Chapter Rank #2543to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions
- 笑x6 | Chapter Rank #940to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 童子军x1 | Chapter Rank #4393child soldiers; juvenile militiaScout (youth organization)
- 野营x1 | Chapter Rank #4394to camp; field lodgings
- 开水x1 | Chapter Rank #4395boiled water; boiling water
- 北大x1 | Chapter Rank #4396Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
- 临危受命x1 | Chapter Rank #4397(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
- 组建x6 | Chapter Rank #941to organize; to set up; to establish
- 聚集x1 | Chapter Rank #4398to assemble; to gather
- 起x25 | Chapter Rank #186to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 旧日x4 | Chapter Rank #1380former times; olden days