Vocabulary: 第五章 奇异的月色
from 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代
- 用x25 | Chapter Rank #176to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 嫌弃x2 | Chapter Rank #2486to regard with disdain; to shun
- 口吻x1 | Chapter Rank #4432tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face
- 乡下x6 | Chapter Rank #872countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 土包子x5 | Chapter Rank #1040country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound
- 凭x1 | Chapter Rank #4433to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- 一张x3 | Chapter Rank #1744
- 匆忙x3 | Chapter Rank #1745hasty; hurried
- 一瞥x2 | Chapter Rank #2487glance; glimpse
- 得出x1 | Chapter Rank #4434to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
- 反感x2 | Chapter Rank #2488to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy
- 先入为主x1 | Chapter Rank #4435(idiom) the first impression is the strongest; to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)
- 下意识x1 | Chapter Rank #4436subconscious mind
- 自然x25 | Chapter Rank #177nature; natural; naturally
- 谈不上x1 | Chapter Rank #4437to be out of the question
- 客观性x1 | Chapter Rank #4438objectivity
- 一声x8 | Chapter Rank #628first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- 不假思索x2 | Chapter Rank #2489(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
- 与其说是x1 | Chapter Rank #4439
- 不满x7 | Chapter Rank #719dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- 不如说是x1 | Chapter Rank #4440
- 包办婚姻x3 | Chapter Rank #1746forced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
- 含蓄x2 | Chapter Rank #2490to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning; implicit; veiled (criticism)
- 反抗x5 | Chapter Rank #1041to resist; to rebel
- 跃跃欲试x1 | Chapter Rank #4441to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
- 新天地x1 | Chapter Rank #4442Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
- 不温不火x1 | Chapter Rank #4443(of sales, TV show ratings etc) lukewarm; moderate; so-so; (of a person) calm; unruffled
- 弃x2 | Chapter Rank #2491to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- 旧时代x3 | Chapter Rank #1747former times; the olden days
- 挫败x2 | Chapter Rank #2492to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
- 自身x1 | Chapter Rank #4444itself; oneself; one's own
- 传统x13 | Chapter Rank #370tradition; traditional
- 桩x7 | Chapter Rank #720stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- 束缚x2 | Chapter Rank #2493to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
- 当中x6 | Chapter Rank #873among; in the middle; in the center
- 日常x1 | Chapter Rank #4445day-to-day; daily; everyday
- 无所不在x1 | Chapter Rank #4446omnipresent
- 方式x5 | Chapter Rank #1042way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 提醒x4 | Chapter Rank #1316to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- 原来x2 | Chapter Rank #2494original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 新潮x2 | Chapter Rank #2495modern; fashionable
- 到底x6 | Chapter Rank #874finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- 生长x3 | Chapter Rank #1748to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- 土壤x1 | Chapter Rank #4447soil
- 离不开x1 | Chapter Rank #4448inseparable; inevitably linked to
- 妥协x4 | Chapter Rank #1317to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise
- 来讲x1 | Chapter Rank #4449as to; considering; for
- 可是x12 | Chapter Rank #408but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 就算x1 | Chapter Rank #4450(coll.) even if
- 变x18 | Chapter Rank #259to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion