Vocabulary: 第四章 夹缝中的成长
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 结合x2 | Chapter Rank #927to combine; to link; to integrate; binding; CL:次[ci4]
- 庶出x1 | Chapter Rank #2014born of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
- 尴尬x1 | Chapter Rank #2015awkward; embarrassed
- 地位x1 | Chapter Rank #2016position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 妾x2 | Chapter Rank #928concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
- 娶x4 | Chapter Rank #388to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 何x13 | Chapter Rank #88surname Hewhat; how; why; which; carry
- 媛x12 | Chapter Rank #97used in 嬋媛|婵媛[chan2 yuan2](bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced [yuan2]); Taiwan pr. [yuan2]
- 小作坊x1 | Chapter Rank #2017
- 主x2 | Chapter Rank #929owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 一样x4 | Chapter Rank #389same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- 通文墨x1 | Chapter Rank #2018
- 不谙x1 | Chapter Rank #2019
- 诗词x1 | Chapter Rank #2020verse
- 擅x1 | Chapter Rank #2021without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
- 女红x1 | Chapter Rank #2022(literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
- 懂x1 | Chapter Rank #2023to understand; to comprehend
- 持家x1 | Chapter Rank #2024to housekeep; to run one's household
- 殷实x1 | Chapter Rank #2025thriving; well-off; substantial
- 家境x1 | Chapter Rank #2026family financial situation; family circumstances
- 老幺x1 | Chapter Rank #2027(coll.) youngest child
- 排行x1 | Chapter Rank #2028to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
- 造成x1 | Chapter Rank #2029to bring about; to create; to cause
- 执拗x1 | Chapter Rank #2030stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
- 脾气x3 | Chapter Rank #544character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
- 急躁x1 | Chapter Rank #2031irritable; irascible; impetuous
- 骄纵x1 | Chapter Rank #2032arrogant and willful
- 书香x1 | Chapter Rank #2033literary reputation
- 门楣x1 | Chapter Rank #2034lintel (of a door); fig. family's social status
- 命运x5 | Chapter Rank #284fate; destiny
- 预见x1 | Chapter Rank #2035to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
- 了然x1 | Chapter Rank #2036to understand clearly; evident
- 能够x3 | Chapter Rank #545to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 创造x1 | Chapter Rank #2037to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- 反转x1 | Chapter Rank #2038reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
- 剧情x1 | Chapter Rank #2039story line; plot; drama (genre)
- 空x1 | Chapter Rank #2040to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free timeempty; air; sky; in vain
- 端正x1 | Chapter Rank #2041upright; regular; proper; correct
- 容貌x1 | Chapter Rank #2042one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features
- 难x1 | Chapter Rank #2043difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not gooddisaster; distress; to scold
- 爱情x1 | Chapter Rank #2044romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]
- 名门闺秀x1 | Chapter Rank #2045
- 婆婆x1 | Chapter Rank #2046husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
- 总算x1 | Chapter Rank #2047at long last; finally; on the whole
- 等到x1 | Chapter Rank #2048to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- 转机x2 | Chapter Rank #930(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
- 未及x1 | Chapter Rank #2049to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon
- 细细品味x1 | Chapter Rank #2050to savor; to relish
- 掌心x1 | Chapter Rank #2051hollow of the palm
- 流走x1 | Chapter Rank #2052