Vocabulary: 第五章 奇异的月色
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 因x30 | Chapter Rank #146cause; reason; because
- 忧愤x1 | Chapter Rank #3817
- 青年x6 | Chapter Rank #824youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- 凤凰x1 | Chapter Rank #3818see 鳳凰縣|凤凰县[Feng4 huang2 Xian4]phoenix
- 涅槃x1 | Chapter Rank #3819(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
- 蜕变x3 | Chapter Rank #1613to transform; to morph; to degenerate; metamorphosis; transmutation; transformation; decay; degeneration
- 为x134 | Chapter Rank #29because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 世纪x16 | Chapter Rank #292century
- 彻底x4 | Chapter Rank #1225thorough; thoroughly; complete
- 浪漫主义者x1 | Chapter Rank #3820
- 现代x10 | Chapter Rank #485modern times; modern age; modern eraHyundai, South Korean company
- 文学史x2 | Chapter Rank #2267history of literature
- 影响力x2 | Chapter Rank #2268influence; impact
- 世人x4 | Chapter Rank #1226people (in general); people around the world; everyone
- 误读x1 | Chapter Rank #3821to misread; (fig.) to misunderstand; to misinterpret
- 恰恰x2 | Chapter Rank #2269exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)
- 这里x14 | Chapter Rank #340here
- 几十年x2 | Chapter Rank #2270
- 有人x8 | Chapter Rank #607someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 一首x9 | Chapter Rank #536
- 诗x35 | Chapter Rank #122poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verseabbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
- 义正词严x1 | Chapter Rank #3822
- 喜欢x6 | Chapter Rank #825to like; to be fond of
- 你x161 | Chapter Rank #24you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 看不见x8 | Chapter Rank #608cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
- 一丝x4 | Chapter Rank #1227
- 祖国x2 | Chapter Rank #2271motherland
- 一眼x3 | Chapter Rank #1614a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- 流血x3 | Chapter Rank #1615to bleed; to shed blood
- 土地x2 | Chapter Rank #2272land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]local god; genius loci
- 一勺x2 | Chapter Rank #2273
- 院墙x2 | Chapter Rank #2274
- 外面x4 | Chapter Rank #1228outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- 亡x3 | Chapter Rank #1616to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- 到处x2 | Chapter Rank #2275everywhere
- 兵燹x1 | Chapter Rank #3823
- 匪祸x1 | Chapter Rank #3824
- 那里x10 | Chapter Rank #486there; that place
- 玩弄x1 | Chapter Rank #3825to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
- 潇洒x2 | Chapter Rank #2276confident and at ease; free and easy
- 对酒当歌x1 | Chapter Rank #3826lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
- 艺妓x1 | Chapter Rank #3827geisha (Japanese female entertainer); also written 藝伎|艺伎[yi4 ji4]
- 康桥x30 | Chapter Rank #147Cambridge (city), from a poem by Xu Zhimo 徐志摩
- 惜别x2 | Chapter Rank #2277reluctant to part
- 充其量x1 | Chapter Rank #3828at most; at best
- 就是x18 | Chapter Rank #249exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 烟花x1 | Chapter Rank #3829fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 才子x1 | Chapter Rank #3830gifted scholar
- 天马行空x1 | Chapter Rank #3831like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom); (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative; unconstrained in style
- 天上x3 | Chapter Rank #1617the sky; the heavens