Vocabulary: 第一章 书香与革命
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 追问x1 | Chapter Rank #1100to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- 特别x2 | Chapter Rank #471unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- 容颜x3 | Chapter Rank #281mien; complexion
- 盛x1 | Chapter Rank #1101flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensivelyto hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensilsurname Sheng
- 青年x2 | Chapter Rank #472youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- 思x2 | Chapter Rank #473to think; to consider
- 中年x2 | Chapter Rank #474middle age
- 火x1 | Chapter Rank #1102fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86surname Huo
- 行将x1 | Chapter Rank #1103ready to start on sth; about to act
- 熄灭x1 | Chapter Rank #1104to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
- 时光x1 | Chapter Rank #1105time; era; period of time
- 不同x5 | Chapter Rank #150different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 时期x3 | Chapter Rank #282period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 予x1 | Chapter Rank #1106(archaic) I; me(literary) to give
- 皆x4 | Chapter Rank #194all; each and every; in all cases
- 印象x1 | Chapter Rank #1107impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- 收获x1 | Chapter Rank #1108to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward
- 极致x2 | Chapter Rank #475peak; pinnacle; ultimate
- 且x1 | Chapter Rank #1109and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 由衷x1 | Chapter Rank #1110heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
- 一片x4 | Chapter Rank #195
- 声x4 | Chapter Rank #196sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 萧乾x2 | Chapter Rank #476Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
- 夫人x2 | Chapter Rank #477lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- 文x5 | Chapter Rank #151surname Wenlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 洁x2 | Chapter Rank #478clean
- 若x3 | Chapter Rank #283used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]to seem; like; as; if
- 评断x1 | Chapter Rank #1111to judge
- 最为x1 | Chapter Rank #1112the most
- 言简意赅x1 | Chapter Rank #1113concise and comprehensive (idiom)
- 令人神往x1 | Chapter Rank #1114
- 东方x2 | Chapter Rank #479the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfangeast
- 在于x4 | Chapter Rank #197to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- 神韵x2 | Chapter Rank #480charm or grace (in poetry or art)
- 超人x1 | Chapter Rank #1115superhuman; exceptionalSuperman, comic book superhero
- 才智x1 | Chapter Rank #1116ability and wisdom
- 后天x4 | Chapter Rank #198the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori
- 良好x1 | Chapter Rank #1117good; favorable; well; fine
- 高深x1 | Chapter Rank #1118profound
- 相得益彰x1 | Chapter Rank #1119to bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #1120only 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")
- 加上x2 | Chapter Rank #481plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- 世代x1 | Chapter Rank #1121for many generations; generation; era; age
- 花x3 | Chapter Rank #284surname Huaflower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustfulflower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 才x9 | Chapter Rank #79ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 变x5 | Chapter Rank #152to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 绝代x1 | Chapter Rank #1122peerless; unmatched in his generation; incomparable (talent, beauty)
- 风华x1 | Chapter Rank #1123magnificent
- 之所以x3 | Chapter Rank #285(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 原x1 | Chapter Rank #1124surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Haraformer; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source