Vocabulary: 第二章 公无渡河
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 印象x2 | Chapter Rank #1125impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- 比如x9 | Chapter Rank #183see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]for example; for instance; such as
- 忘年交x1 | Chapter Rank #2114friends with a significant age gap
- 徐志摩x27 | Chapter Rank #44Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
- 撰文x3 | Chapter Rank #706to write an article
- 提起x1 | Chapter Rank #2115to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- 订交x1 | Chapter Rank #2116
- 无限x1 | Chapter Rank #2117unlimited; unbounded
- 感慨x4 | Chapter Rank #522to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- 我x37 | Chapter Rank #30I; me; my
- 惊讶x3 | Chapter Rank #707amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
- 你x16 | Chapter Rank #93you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 清x6 | Chapter Rank #324(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- 奇x5 | Chapter Rank #406odd (number)strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- 相貌x2 | Chapter Rank #1126appearance
- 谈吐x3 | Chapter Rank #708style of conversation
- 阿附x2 | Chapter Rank #1127to fawn (as flatterer)
- 从政x18 | Chapter Rank #78to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
- 词x3 | Chapter Rank #709word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- 评x1 | Chapter Rank #2118to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
- 骘x1 | Chapter Rank #2119a stallion; to rise; to arrange; to stabilize; to differentiate; to judge
- 政界x4 | Chapter Rank #523political and government circles
- 不多见x2 | Chapter Rank #1128
- 出于x3 | Chapter Rank #710due to; to stem from
- 诗人x3 | Chapter Rank #711bard; poet
- 笔x4 | Chapter Rank #524writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- 难得x1 | Chapter Rank #2120seldom; rare; hard to come by
- 尽管x1 | Chapter Rank #2121despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 多年x6 | Chapter Rank #325many years; for many years; longstanding
- 政坛x3 | Chapter Rank #712political circles
- 惨淡经营x2 | Chapter Rank #1129to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
- 真正x1 | Chapter Rank #2122genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 让x5 | Chapter Rank #407to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 认可x1 | Chapter Rank #2123to approve; approval; acknowledgment; OK
- 期待x2 | Chapter Rank #1130to look forward to; to await; expectation
- 另x4 | Chapter Rank #525other; another; separate; separately
- 一重x1 | Chapter Rank #2124
- 宋代x1 | Chapter Rank #2125Song dynasty (960-1279)
- 学者x1 | Chapter Rank #2126scholar
- 张君房x1 | Chapter Rank #2127
- 比附x1 | Chapter Rank #2128to draw a parallel
- 多次x1 | Chapter Rank #2129many times; repeatedly
- 讽x1 | Chapter Rank #2130to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [feng4]
- 劝x1 | Chapter Rank #2131to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- 趁早x2 | Chapter Rank #1131as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
- 回航x2 | Chapter Rank #1132to return to port
- 领导x3 | Chapter Rank #713lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 新x20 | Chapter Rank #66abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xinnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 共同x5 | Chapter Rank #408common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- 发现x5 | Chapter Rank #409to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery