Vocabulary: 第四章 夹缝中的成长
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 定位x1 | Chapter Rank #2825to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche
- 按照x1 | Chapter Rank #2826according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 最初x2 | Chapter Rank #1066first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- 设想x1 | Chapter Rank #2827to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for
- 阶层x2 | Chapter Rank #1067social class
- 招生x1 | Chapter Rank #2828to enroll new students; to get students
- 第一批x1 | Chapter Rank #2829
- 清一色x1 | Chapter Rank #2830(mahjong) flush; a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit; (fig.) uniformly; each and every one
- 校址x1 | Chapter Rank #2831
- 颇费x1 | Chapter Rank #2832
- 一番苦心x1 | Chapter Rank #2833
- 设在x1 | Chapter Rank #2834
- 石x1 | Chapter Rank #2835dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- 驸马x1 | Chapter Rank #2836emperor's son-in-law
- 大街x1 | Chapter Rank #2837street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 条x2 | Chapter Rank #1068strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 街x2 | Chapter Rank #1069street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 紧靠着x1 | Chapter Rank #2838
- 紫禁城x1 | Chapter Rank #2839the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]
- 皇宫x1 | Chapter Rank #2840imperial palace
- 改朝换代x1 | Chapter Rank #2841to transition to a new dynasty or regime
- 物是人非x1 | Chapter Rank #2842(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
- 大洋彼岸x2 | Chapter Rank #1070
- 理念x1 | Chapter Rank #2843idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- 随x1 | Chapter Rank #2844surname Suito follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- 革命x2 | Chapter Rank #1071to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- 炮火x1 | Chapter Rank #2845artillery barrage; gunfire
- 灰飞烟灭x1 | Chapter Rank #2846lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
- 传承x1 | Chapter Rank #2847to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance
- 延续x1 | Chapter Rank #2848to continue; to go on; to last
- 一贯x1 | Chapter Rank #2849consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent
- 路线x1 | Chapter Rank #2850itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 仍x1 | Chapter Rank #2851still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 门槛x1 | Chapter Rank #2852doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- 不俗x1 | Chapter Rank #2853impressive; out of the ordinary
- 口碑x1 | Chapter Rank #2854public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- 同学x1 | Chapter Rank #2855to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 梅贻琦x1 | Chapter Rank #2856
- 历史学家x1 | Chapter Rank #2857historian
- 洪业x1 | Chapter Rank #2858
- 瞿x1 | Chapter Rank #2859startled; Taiwan pr. [ju4]surname Qu
- 祖x2 | Chapter Rank #1072ancestor; forefather; grandparentssurname Zu
- 四代x1 | Chapter Rank #2860
- 赵x2 | Chapter Rank #1073surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdomsto surpass (old)
- 玖x2 | Chapter Rank #1074black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- 显然x1 | Chapter Rank #2861clearly; evidently; obviously
- 新天地x1 | Chapter Rank #2862Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
- 自然科学x1 | Chapter Rank #2863natural sciences
- 地理x1 | Chapter Rank #2864geography
- 涉猎x1 | Chapter Rank #2865to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into