Vocabulary: 第十五章 人间四月天
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 采访x1 | Chapter Rank #1909to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover
- 大公报x1 | Chapter Rank #1910Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name; Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
- 记者x1 | Chapter Rank #1911reporter; journalist; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 萧x3 | Chapter Rank #501surname Xiao(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
- 离x2 | Chapter Rank #819mythical beast (archaic)to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲surname Li
- 相对x2 | Chapter Rank #820relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart
- 黯然x1 | Chapter Rank #1912dim; sad
- 之后x5 | Chapter Rank #260after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 内室x1 | Chapter Rank #1913inner room; bedroom
- 捧x1 | Chapter Rank #1914to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- 两件x1 | Chapter Rank #1915
- 工笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1916gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
- 诗集x1 | Chapter Rank #1917poetry anthology
- 清丽x1 | Chapter Rank #1918(of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
- 隽x1 | Chapter Rank #1919surname Juanmeaningful; significant
- 逸x1 | Chapter Rank #1920(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- 空山x1 | Chapter Rank #1921
- 滴露x1 | Chapter Rank #1922
- 染x1 | Chapter Rank #1923to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
- 尘埃x1 | Chapter Rank #1924dust
- 展读x1 | Chapter Rank #1925
- 之下x1 | Chapter Rank #1926under; beneath; less than
- 作者x1 | Chapter Rank #1927author; writer
- 音容笑貌x1 | Chapter Rank #1928
- 目前x1 | Chapter Rank #1929at the present time; currently
- 另x1 | Chapter Rank #1930other; another; separate; separately
- 碑x1 | Chapter Rank #1931a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
- 图形x1 | Chapter Rank #1932picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical
- 除x1 | Chapter Rank #1933to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- 生前x1 | Chapter Rank #1934(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- 喜爱x1 | Chapter Rank #1935to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite
- 卷x2 | Chapter Rank #821scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scrollto roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- 草x1 | Chapter Rank #1936grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 纹饰x1 | Chapter Rank #1937decorative motif; figure
- 之外x1 | Chapter Rank #1938outside; excluding
- 符合x1 | Chapter Rank #1939in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
- 风度x1 | Chapter Rank #1940elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise
- 性格x1 | Chapter Rank #1941nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 也许x3 | Chapter Rank #502perhaps; maybe
- 前面x1 | Chapter Rank #1942ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- 想到x1 | Chapter Rank #1943to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #342only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 否则x1 | Chapter Rank #1944otherwise; if not; or (else)
- 告慰x1 | Chapter Rank #1945to comfort; to console
- 亡妻x1 | Chapter Rank #1946one's late wife
- 排遣x1 | Chapter Rank #1947to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc); to dispel (negative thoughts etc)
- 愁苦x1 | Chapter Rank #1948anxiety; distress
- 生日x2 | Chapter Rank #822birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 当天x1 | Chapter Rank #1949on that daythe same day
- 写x8 | Chapter Rank #141to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]