Vocabulary: 第一章 书香与革命
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 半分x1 | Chapter Rank #1669a little bit
- 一直x2 | Chapter Rank #644straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 洞房花烛x2 | Chapter Rank #645bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom)
- 听天由命x1 | Chapter Rank #1670(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
- 谨x1 | Chapter Rank #1671cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)
- 遵x1 | Chapter Rank #1672to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- 父母之命x1 | Chapter Rank #1673
- 媒妁之言x1 | Chapter Rank #1674(idiom) matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
- 惯例x1 | Chapter Rank #1675convention; usual practice
- 抱x1 | Chapter Rank #1676to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- 遗憾x1 | Chapter Rank #1677regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- 拜x1 | Chapter Rank #1678to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- 天地x1 | Chapter Rank #1679heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 洞房x1 | Chapter Rank #1680secret inner room; bridal room
- 掀开x1 | Chapter Rank #1681to lift open; to tear open
- 红x1 | Chapter Rank #1682red; popular; revolutionary; bonusused in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]surname Hong
- 帔x1 | Chapter Rank #1683cape
- 盖头x1 | Chapter Rank #1684cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil
- 原来x1 | Chapter Rank #1685original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 新娘x1 | Chapter Rank #1686bride
- 一夜x1 | Chapter Rank #1687
- 灯火阑珊x2 | Chapter Rank #646
- 一瞬间x1 | Chapter Rank #1688split second
- 喜出望外x1 | Chapter Rank #1689to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events
- 天意x1 | Chapter Rank #1690providence; the Will of Heaven
- 宿命x1 | Chapter Rank #1691predestination; karma
- 成全x1 | Chapter Rank #1692to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off
- 夜x1 | Chapter Rank #1693night
- 真正x3 | Chapter Rank #345genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 最大的x1 | Chapter Rank #1694
- 喜事x1 | Chapter Rank #1695happy occasion; wedding
- 取得x1 | Chapter Rank #1696to acquire; to get; to obtain
- 糟糠之妻x1 | Chapter Rank #1697
- 意念x1 | Chapter Rank #1698idea; thought
- 不曾x2 | Chapter Rank #647hasn't yet; hasn't ever
- 男子x1 | Chapter Rank #1699a man; a male
- 动辄x1 | Chapter Rank #1700easily; readily; frequently; at every turn; at the slightest pretext
- 三妻四妾x1 | Chapter Rank #1701(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
- 年代x3 | Chapter Rank #346a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 进行x1 | Chapter Rank #1702(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- 到底x1 | Chapter Rank #1703finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 这般x1 | Chapter Rank #1704like this; this way
- 励志x1 | Chapter Rank #1705to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational
- 口号x1 | Chapter Rank #1706slogan; catchphrase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 安心x1 | Chapter Rank #1707at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- 守x1 | Chapter Rank #1708to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 执子之手x1 | Chapter Rank #1709
- 与子偕老x1 | Chapter Rank #1710
- 波澜不惊x1 | Chapter Rank #1711
- 情x2 | Chapter Rank #648(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition