Vocabulary: 第五章 奇异的月色
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 弹x4 | Chapter Rank #1454to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
- 唱x1 | Chapter Rank #6019to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- 昆曲x1 | Chapter Rank #6020Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
- 百花x1 | Chapter Rank #6021
- 凉风x1 | Chapter Rank #6022
- 四时x1 | Chapter Rank #6023the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
- 风花雪月x1 | Chapter Rank #6024wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance; love affair; romance is in the air; dissipated life
- 赏心乐事x1 | Chapter Rank #6025
- 红楼梦x2 | Chapter Rank #3054A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- 海棠x1 | Chapter Rank #6026Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)see 海棠區|海棠区[Hai3 tang2 Qu1]
- 结社x2 | Chapter Rank #3055to form an association
- 初衷x1 | Chapter Rank #6027original intention
- 远不止x1 | Chapter Rank #6028
- 大观园x1 | Chapter Rank #6029Prospect Garden; Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
- 赏x2 | Chapter Rank #3056to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- 弄x1 | Chapter Rank #6030lane; alleyto do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with
- 烹茶x1 | Chapter Rank #6031to brew tea
- 舒服x1 | Chapter Rank #6032comfortable; feeling well
- 沙发x4 | Chapter Rank #1455(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
- 躺x5 | Chapter Rank #1135to recline; to lie down
- 可口x1 | Chapter Rank #6033tasty; to taste good
- 饭菜x1 | Chapter Rank #6034food
- 相当x4 | Chapter Rank #1456equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- 书报x1 | Chapter Rank #6035papers and books
- 坏x2 | Chapter Rank #3057bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 宗旨x1 | Chapter Rank #6036objective; aim; goal
- 菜x1 | Chapter Rank #6037vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- 不错x1 | Chapter Rank #6038correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 新年x1 | Chapter Rank #6039New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 元宵x1 | Chapter Rank #6040Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings
- 只能x6 | Chapter Rank #926can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 时令x1 | Chapter Rank #6041season
- 点缀x1 | Chapter Rank #6042to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- 社友x1 | Chapter Rank #6043
- 棱角x1 | Chapter Rank #6044edge and corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy; ridge corner
- 不服输x1 | Chapter Rank #6045
- 傻气x1 | Chapter Rank #6046foolish; foolishness
- 合在一起x2 | Chapter Rank #3058
- 朝代x1 | Chapter Rank #6047dynasty; reign (of a king)
- 事业x2 | Chapter Rank #3059undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 罗刹x1 | Chapter Rank #6048demon in Buddhism; poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
- 蒂x1 | Chapter Rank #6049stem (of fruit)
- 兄妹x2 | Chapter Rank #3060brother(s) and sister(s)
- 莫利x1 | Chapter Rank #6050
- 朋x1 | Chapter Rank #6051friend
- 琼x2 | Chapter Rank #3061jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite (e.g. wine, food); abbr. for Hainan provinceshort name for Hainan 海南[Hai3 nan2]
- 艺术界x1 | Chapter Rank #6052
- 新路x1 | Chapter Rank #6053
- 萧伯纳x1 | Chapter Rank #6054George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
- 卫x1 | Chapter Rank #6055surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provincesto guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet