Vocabulary: 第十五章 人间四月天
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 论争x1 | Chapter Rank #1793argument; debate; controversy
- 频频x2 | Chapter Rank #798repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly
- 上升x1 | Chapter Rank #1794to rise; to go up; to ascend
- 左右为难x1 | Chapter Rank #1795(idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
- 如履薄冰x1 | Chapter Rank #1796lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom); fig. extremely cautious
- 再也不能x2 | Chapter Rank #799
- 以前x1 | Chapter Rank #1797before; formerly; previous; ago
- 自信x2 | Chapter Rank #800to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- 自如x1 | Chapter Rank #1798unobstructed; unconstrained; smoothly; with ease; freely
- 创意x1 | Chapter Rank #1799creative; creativity
- 迭出x1 | Chapter Rank #1800
- 去世x7 | Chapter Rank #179to pass away; to die
- 普通人x1 | Chapter Rank #1801ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- 己x1 | Chapter Rank #1802self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- 还要x1 | Chapter Rank #1803
- 忍受x1 | Chapter Rank #1804to bear; to endure
- 无穷尽x1 | Chapter Rank #1805
- 屈辱x1 | Chapter Rank #1806to humiliate; humiliating
- 内心深处x2 | Chapter Rank #801deep in one's heart
- 回到x4 | Chapter Rank #336to return to
- 家中x3 | Chapter Rank #497
- 触景生情x1 | Chapter Rank #1807scene which recalls past memories (idiom); evocative of the past; reminiscent; to arouse deep feelings
- 陈设x1 | Chapter Rank #1808to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings
- 依旧x1 | Chapter Rank #1809as before; still; to remain the same
- 挂x2 | Chapter Rank #802to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- 留下来x1 | Chapter Rank #1810
- 传家宝x1 | Chapter Rank #1811family heirloom
- 条幅x1 | Chapter Rank #1812wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy); banner
- 清水x2 | Chapter Rank #803fresh water; drinking water; clear watersee 清水縣|清水县[Qing1 shui3 Xian4]; Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name)
- 芙蓉x2 | Chapter Rank #804cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)
- 天然x2 | Chapter Rank #805natural
- 雕饰x2 | Chapter Rank #806to carve; to decorate; carved; decorated
- 白x2 | Chapter Rank #807white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in operasurname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- 鸥x1 | Chapter Rank #1813common gull
- 浩荡x1 | Chapter Rank #1814vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful
- 万里x1 | Chapter Rank #1815Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politicianfar away; thousands of miles; 10,000 liWanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- 驯x1 | Chapter Rank #1816to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xun2]
- 挚友x1 | Chapter Rank #1817intimate friend; close friend
- 画x3 | Chapter Rank #498to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- 雍和宫x1 | Chapter Rank #1818Yonghe Temple; Lama Temple (Beijing)
- 水彩画x1 | Chapter Rank #1819watercolor; aquarelle
- 油画家x1 | Chapter Rank #1820
- 李x1 | Chapter Rank #1821plumsurname Li
- 津x1 | Chapter Rank #1822saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)abbr. for Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]
- 肖像x1 | Chapter Rank #1823portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
- 一幅x2 | Chapter Rank #808
- 出自x1 | Chapter Rank #1824to come from
- 明代x1 | Chapter Rank #1825the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- 文学家x1 | Chapter Rank #1826writer; man of letters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 书画家x1 | Chapter Rank #1827calligrapher and painter