Vocabulary: 第十一章 南渡
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 战火x7 | Chapter Rank #791the flames of war; the ravages of war
- 燃x2 | Chapter Rank #2550to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
- 遍x3 | Chapter Rank #1799everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- 大江南北x1 | Chapter Rank #4428north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
- 一寸x2 | Chapter Rank #2551
- 山河x2 | Chapter Rank #2552mountains and rivers; the whole country
- 血x3 | Chapter Rank #1800see 血[xue4]blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- 国军x4 | Chapter Rank #1383
- 惨烈x2 | Chapter Rank #2553bitter; desperate
- 抵抗x1 | Chapter Rank #4429to resist; resistance
- 遏止x1 | Chapter Rank #4430to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc
- 进逼x1 | Chapter Rank #4431to advance on sth; to press closely (on some goal)
- 淞沪x2 | Chapter Rank #2554
- 会战x2 | Chapter Rank #2555(military) to meet for a decisive battle; (military) battle; (fig.) large-scale concerted effort
- 保卫战x2 | Chapter Rank #2556
- 南京x10 | Chapter Rank #511see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- 节节败退x1 | Chapter Rank #4432to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
- 上海x19 | Chapter Rank #258Shanghai municipality (short name 滬|沪[Hu4])
- 一面x9 | Chapter Rank #586one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- 围攻x1 | Chapter Rank #4433to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb
- 派x4 | Chapter Rank #1384(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pieused in 派司[pa1 si5]
- 飞机x44 | Chapter Rank #98airplane; CL:架[jia4]
- 沿x8 | Chapter Rank #676along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- 长江x13 | Chapter Rank #384Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- 一线x2 | Chapter Rank #2557front line
- 展开x3 | Chapter Rank #1801to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- 远程x1 | Chapter Rank #4434remote; long distance; long range
- 轰炸x13 | Chapter Rank #385to bomb; to bombard; CL:波[bo1],輪|轮[lun2]
- 幸免x1 | Chapter Rank #4435to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
- 长沙火车站x2 | Chapter Rank #2558
- 很快x4 | Chapter Rank #1385
- 遭到x4 | Chapter Rank #1386to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- 下午x5 | Chapter Rank #1121afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.
- 大批x3 | Chapter Rank #1802large quantities of
- 突袭x1 | Chapter Rank #4436to raid; to storm; surprise attack
- 首次x1 | Chapter Rank #4437first; first time; for the first time
- 炸x8 | Chapter Rank #677to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatterto deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]
- 中弹x2 | Chapter Rank #2559to get hit by a bullet; to get shot
- 地点x1 | Chapter Rank #4438place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 恰x1 | Chapter Rank #4439exactly; just
- 由于x10 | Chapter Rank #512due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- 事先x1 | Chapter Rank #4440in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- 警报x5 | Chapter Rank #1122(fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert; warning
- 误以为x1 | Chapter Rank #4441
- 苏联x5 | Chapter Rank #1123Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]
- 援助x3 | Chapter Rank #1803to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance
- 保护x2 | Chapter Rank #2560to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 人民大众x1 | Chapter Rank #4442
- 特地x1 | Chapter Rank #4443specially; for a special purpose
- 上空x10 | Chapter Rank #513the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace; (Tw) topless