Vocabulary: 第一章 书香与革命
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 死板x1 | Chapter Rank #1753rigid; inflexible
- 读书x3 | Chapter Rank #349to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 随波逐流x1 | Chapter Rank #1754to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
- 苟同x1 | Chapter Rank #1755to agree blindly
- 世x3 | Chapter Rank #350life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noblesurname Shi
- 立言x1 | Chapter Rank #1756to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
- 立功x1 | Chapter Rank #1757to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 一份x2 | Chapter Rank #656
- 舍x2 | Chapter Rank #657to give up; to abandon; to give alms(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]surname She
- 我的x1 | Chapter Rank #1758
- 恬淡x1 | Chapter Rank #1759quiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain
- 达观x1 | Chapter Rank #1760to take things philosophically
- 进退x1 | Chapter Rank #1761to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
- 清明x1 | Chapter Rank #1762clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well orderedQingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
- 态度x1 | Chapter Rank #1763manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 积极x3 | Chapter Rank #351active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
- 入世x1 | Chapter Rank #1764to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
- 恋栈x1 | Chapter Rank #1765to be reluctant to give up a post
- 仕途x2 | Chapter Rank #658official career (formal)
- 两岸x1 | Chapter Rank #1766bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
- 无限x1 | Chapter Rank #1767unlimited; unbounded
- 风景x1 | Chapter Rank #1768scenery; landscape
- 此前x2 | Chapter Rank #659before this; before then; previously
- 放弃x4 | Chapter Rank #228to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- 留x2 | Chapter Rank #660to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- 京x1 | Chapter Rank #1769surname Jing; short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi; Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnamcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)
- 变通x1 | Chapter Rank #1770pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
- 务实x1 | Chapter Rank #1771to deal with concrete matters; pragmatic
- 朝政x1 | Chapter Rank #1772(historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- 一天天x1 | Chapter Rank #1773
- 混乱x1 | Chapter Rank #1774confused; chaotic; disorderly
- 审时度势x1 | Chapter Rank #1775to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock
- 无可x1 | Chapter Rank #1776can't
- 意x1 | Chapter Rank #1777(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- 辞官x1 | Chapter Rank #1778to resign a government post
- 还乡x1 | Chapter Rank #1779(literary) to return to one's native place
- 谁x1 | Chapter Rank #1780who; also pr. [shui2]
- 未及x1 | Chapter Rank #1781to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon
- 实现x1 | Chapter Rank #1782to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- 乱世x1 | Chapter Rank #1783the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- 眼前x1 | Chapter Rank #1784before one's eyes; now; at present
- 西x5 | Chapter Rank #164the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanishwest
- 力x2 | Chapter Rank #661power; force; strength; ability; strenuouslysurname Li
- 东x4 | Chapter Rank #229surname Dongeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- 侵x2 | Chapter Rank #662to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- 夷x1 | Chapter Rank #1785non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
- 夏x1 | Chapter Rank #1786the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xiasummer
- 辨x1 | Chapter Rank #1787to distinguish; to recognize
- 随之而来x1 | Chapter Rank #1788
- 人事代谢x2 | Chapter Rank #663