Vocabulary: 第二章 公无渡河
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 屡x1 | Chapter Rank #3237time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- 挫折x1 | Chapter Rank #3238setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
- 总x3 | Chapter Rank #875(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 放手x2 | Chapter Rank #1458to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand
- 过往x2 | Chapter Rank #1459to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous
- 波折x1 | Chapter Rank #3239twists and turns
- 遇人不淑x1 | Chapter Rank #3240(idiom) to be in a relationship with or marry a bad person; (idiom) to associate with a bad person
- 时运不济x1 | Chapter Rank #3241fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good
- 只要x1 | Chapter Rank #3242so long as; provided; if
- 当权者x3 | Chapter Rank #876ruler; those in power; the authorities
- 开化x1 | Chapter Rank #3243to become civilized; to be open-minded; (of ice) to thaw
- 一线希望x1 | Chapter Rank #3244a gleam of hope
- 留在x1 | Chapter Rank #3245
- 风浪x1 | Chapter Rank #3246wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship
- 频x1 | Chapter Rank #3247frequency; frequently; repetitious
- 点燃x3 | Chapter Rank #877to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
- 赵家楼x2 | Chapter Rank #1460
- 火x1 | Chapter Rank #3248fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86surname Huo
- 请辞x1 | Chapter Rank #3249to tender one's resignation
- 走马灯x1 | Chapter Rank #3250lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]; (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
- 般x1 | Chapter Rank #3251see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]sort; kind; class; way; mannerused in 般若[bo1 re3]
- 更换x1 | Chapter Rank #3252to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
- 交接x1 | Chapter Rank #3253(of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse
- 勉力x1 | Chapter Rank #3254to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
- 撑x1 | Chapter Rank #3255to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support
- 徐世昌x12 | Chapter Rank #124Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
- 钦点x1 | Chapter Rank #3256
- 或许x1 | Chapter Rank #3257perhaps; maybe
- 渊源x1 | Chapter Rank #3258origin; source; relationship
- 摆脱x2 | Chapter Rank #1461to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- 控制x1 | Chapter Rank #3259to control
- 权x1 | Chapter Rank #3260surname Quanauthority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary
- 重新x1 | Chapter Rank #3261again; once more; re-
- 启用x1 | Chapter Rank #3262to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
- 割据x1 | Chapter Rank #3263to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation
- 烽烟四起x1 | Chapter Rank #3264lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war
- 民生凋敝x1 | Chapter Rank #3265the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
- 举国上下x1 | Chapter Rank #3266the entire nation; the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
- 第一位x1 | Chapter Rank #3267
- 例外x2 | Chapter Rank #1462exception; to be an exception
- 玩味x1 | Chapter Rank #3268to ruminate; to ponder subtleties
- 诚邀x1 | Chapter Rank #3269we warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc)
- 特设x1 | Chapter Rank #3270ad hoc; to set up specially
- 委员会x8 | Chapter Rank #240committee; commission
- 委员x6 | Chapter Rank #353committee member
- 事务长x1 | Chapter Rank #3271
- 机密x1 | Chapter Rank #3272secret; classified; classified information; secret
- 另一方面x1 | Chapter Rank #3273on the other hand; another aspect
- 不让x1 | Chapter Rank #3274
- 中枢x2 | Chapter Rank #1463center; hub; the central administration