Vocabulary: 第五章 奇异的月色
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 老妈子x1 | Chapter Rank #5925older female servant; amah
- 高官x1 | Chapter Rank #5926high official
- 碍于x1 | Chapter Rank #5927to be constrained by; due to (a constraining factor)
- 情面x1 | Chapter Rank #5928feelings and sensibilities; sentiment and face; sensitivity to other's feelings
- 买票x1 | Chapter Rank #5929to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
- 只好x4 | Chapter Rank #1449to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 风雅x2 | Chapter Rank #3025cultured; sophisticated
- 回过x1 | Chapter Rank #5930
- 忍俊不禁x1 | Chapter Rank #5931cannot help laughing; unable to restrain a smile
- 笑容x1 | Chapter Rank #5932smile; smiling expression; CL:副[fu4]
- 透明x1 | Chapter Rank #5933transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
- 局促x1 | Chapter Rank #5934cramped; ill at ease
- 穿过x2 | Chapter Rank #3026to pass through
- 理x2 | Chapter Rank #3027texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 千头万绪x1 | Chapter Rank #5935plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
- 开出x1 | Chapter Rank #5936
- 受挫x1 | Chapter Rank #5937thwarted; obstructed; setback
- 磋磨x1 | Chapter Rank #5938to polish and rub; (fig.) to torment; to torture; (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
- 志向x1 | Chapter Rank #5939ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration
- 高远x1 | Chapter Rank #5940lofty
- 忧惧x1 | Chapter Rank #5941apprehension; apprehensive
- 折磨x1 | Chapter Rank #5942to torment; to torture
- 放弃x1 | Chapter Rank #5943to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- 文艺x24 | Chapter Rank #186literature and art
- 新文化运动x1 | Chapter Rank #5944the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
- 方兴未艾x1 | Chapter Rank #5945flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong; on the up
- 各x11 | Chapter Rank #466each; every
- 社团x1 | Chapter Rank #5946association; society; group; union; club; organization
- 刊物x1 | Chapter Rank #5947publication
- 雨后春笋x1 | Chapter Rank #5948lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession
- 蓬勃x1 | Chapter Rank #5949vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality
- 留日学生x1 | Chapter Rank #5950
- 为主x2 | Chapter Rank #3028to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- 研究会x1 | Chapter Rank #5951
- 创造x4 | Chapter Rank #1450to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- 锐不可当x1 | Chapter Rank #5952unstoppable; hard to hold back
- 风头x2 | Chapter Rank #3029wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- 健x2 | Chapter Rank #3030healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in
- 相应x1 | Chapter Rank #5953to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly
- 组织x1 | Chapter Rank #5954to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 憾x2 | Chapter Rank #3031regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
- 相约x1 | Chapter Rank #5955to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment
- 轮流x1 | Chapter Rank #5956to alternate; to take turns
- 各人x1 | Chapter Rank #5957each one; everyone
- 聚会x3 | Chapter Rank #1998party; gathering; to meet; to get together
- 联络x2 | Chapter Rank #3032to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection
- 互通有无x1 | Chapter Rank #5958(idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
- 人数x1 | Chapter Rank #5959number of people
- 银行家x1 | Chapter Rank #5960banker
- 黄x3 | Chapter Rank #1999surname Huang or Hwangyellow; pornographic; to fall through