Vocabulary: 第一章 书香与革命
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 江南x2 | Chapter Rank #568region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- 胜地x1 | Chapter Rank #1397well-known scenic spot
- 眼看x2 | Chapter Rank #569soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- 学而优则仕x2 | Chapter Rank #570one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
- 宦之家x1 | Chapter Rank #1398
- 严x1 | Chapter Rank #1399surname Yantight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- 课x1 | Chapter Rank #1400subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- 子x2 | Chapter Rank #571noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 而后x2 | Chapter Rank #572after that; then
- 子承父业x1 | Chapter Rank #1401(idiom) (of a son) to carry on one's father's business or profession
- 维持x2 | Chapter Rank #573to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 老套x1 | Chapter Rank #1402hackneyed; well-worn (phrase etc); same old story; stereotypical fashion
- 故事x3 | Chapter Rank #320old practicenarrative; story; tale
- 要x6 | Chapter Rank #130to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 重演x1 | Chapter Rank #1403to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance)
- 如果x4 | Chapter Rank #221if; in case; in the event that
- 背景x2 | Chapter Rank #574background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- 不是x5 | Chapter Rank #160no; is not; notfault; blame
- 山雨欲来x2 | Chapter Rank #575
- 清末x1 | Chapter Rank #1404the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- 主角x1 | Chapter Rank #1405leading role; lead; protagonist
- 与时俱进x2 | Chapter Rank #576abreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive; timely
- 然而x3 | Chapter Rank #321however; but; yet
- 时代x14 | Chapter Rank #48Time, US weekly news magazineage; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 毕竟x3 | Chapter Rank #322after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- 身x4 | Chapter Rank #222body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- 西子湖畔x1 | Chapter Rank #1406
- 虽然x3 | Chapter Rank #323although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 仍x2 | Chapter Rank #577still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 山x2 | Chapter Rank #578mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons onsurname Shan
- 外x3 | Chapter Rank #324outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 青山x1 | Chapter Rank #1407see 青山區|青山区[Qing1 shan1 Qu1]green hills; (the good) life
- 楼x2 | Chapter Rank #579house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]surname Lou
- 静谧x1 | Chapter Rank #1408(literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- 居于x1 | Chapter Rank #1409
- 末世x2 | Chapter Rank #580last phase (of an age)
- 强烈x2 | Chapter Rank #581strong; intense
- 朱颜x1 | Chapter Rank #1410
- 将x6 | Chapter Rank #131(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 改x2 | Chapter Rank #582to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 暗x2 | Chapter Rank #583dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- 涌x2 | Chapter Rank #584(used in place names)to bubble up; to rush forth
- 另辟蹊径x1 | Chapter Rank #1411to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail
- 家族x15 | Chapter Rank #43family; clan
- 此时x1 | Chapter Rank #1412now; this moment
- 学风x2 | Chapter Rank #585style of study; academic atmosphere; school discipline; school traditions
- 出x7 | Chapter Rank #109to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 色彩x3 | Chapter Rank #325tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
- 末代x3 | Chapter Rank #326final generation
- 仕宦x3 | Chapter Rank #327(literary) to serve as an official