Vocabulary: 第二章 公无渡河
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 出任x9 | Chapter Rank #179to take up a post; to start in a new job
- 立法x2 | Chapter Rank #1053to enact laws; to legislate; legislation
- 政x5 | Chapter Rank #386political; politics; government
- 学堂x5 | Chapter Rank #387college; school (old)
- 教务长x2 | Chapter Rank #1054provost
- 其间x3 | Chapter Rank #665in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- 厘定x2 | Chapter Rank #1055
- 革除x1 | Chapter Rank #1929to eliminate; to expel; to abolish
- 积习x1 | Chapter Rank #1930old habit (usually bad); inbred custom; deep-rooted practice
- 大刀阔斧x1 | Chapter Rank #1931bold and decisive
- 推动x3 | Chapter Rank #666to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
- 变革x1 | Chapter Rank #1932to transform; to change
- 锐气x2 | Chapter Rank #1056acute spirit; dash; drive
- 刺痛x1 | Chapter Rank #1933to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply; tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain
- 许多x1 | Chapter Rank #1934many; a lot of; much
- 同僚x3 | Chapter Rank #667colleague; coworker
- 上司x1 | Chapter Rank #1935boss; superior
- 他们x19 | Chapter Rank #69they; them
- 借口x2 | Chapter Rank #1057to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- 改革x1 | Chapter Rank #1936reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform
- 失当x1 | Chapter Rank #1937inappropriate; improper
- 将x18 | Chapter Rank #75(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])
- 告x4 | Chapter Rank #495(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- 到x24 | Chapter Rank #52to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 提x1 | Chapter Rank #1938used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- 使x11 | Chapter Rank #131to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 姚x5 | Chapter Rank #388handsome; good-lookingsurname Yao
- 倬x1 | Chapter Rank #1939noticeable; large; clear; distinct; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
- 那里x3 | Chapter Rank #668there; that place
- 遂x5 | Chapter Rank #389to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reachused in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]
- 罢免x3 | Chapter Rank #669to remove sb from their post; to dismiss
- 心高气傲x1 | Chapter Rank #1940proud and arrogant
- 索性x1 | Chapter Rank #1941you might as well (do it); simply; just
- 自立x2 | Chapter Rank #1058independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself
- 山头x1 | Chapter Rank #1942mountain top
- 斥资x1 | Chapter Rank #1943to spend; to allocate funds
- 福州x4 | Chapter Rank #496see 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4]
- 设立x2 | Chapter Rank #1059to set up; to establish
- 亲任x1 | Chapter Rank #1944
- 校长x2 | Chapter Rank #1060(college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 自诩x3 | Chapter Rank #670to pose as; to flaunt oneself as; to boast of; to brag
- 旧x6 | Chapter Rank #314old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 势力x5 | Chapter Rank #390power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- 奋斗x1 | Chapter Rank #1945to strive; to struggle
- 闻风x1 | Chapter Rank #1946
- 竟x8 | Chapter Rank #215unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 多x24 | Chapter Rank #53many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 经营x2 | Chapter Rank #1061to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 下x13 | Chapter Rank #111down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 很快x1 | Chapter Rank #1947