Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• dīng wén jiāngding1 wen2 jiang1丁文江x10 | Book Rank #3447
• Táo Xíng zhīTao2 Xing2 zhi1陶行知x1 | Book Rank #16757Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer
• Liáng Shù míngLiang2 Shu4 ming2梁漱溟x7 | Book Rank #4618Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
• wáng chǒng huìwang2 chong3 hui4王宠惠x3 | Book Rank #8778
• Lúo WénLuo2 Wen2罗文x1 | Book Rank #16758Roman Tam (1945–2002), Canto-pop singer
• dú dúdu2 du2独独x4 | Book Rank #7152alone
• lòu diàolou4 diao4漏掉x1 | Book Rank #16759to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away
• yǔ qíyu3 qi2与其x12 | Book Rank #2986rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
• bìng jìnbing4 jin4并进x1 | Book Rank #16760to advance together
• bù jiěbu4 jie3不解x10 | Book Rank #3448to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble
• bà le, bà liǎoba4 le5, ba4 liao3罢了x11 | Book Rank #3208罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
• tóng dàotong2 dao4同道x8 | Book Rank #4164same principle
• bù lǐng qíngbu4 ling3 qing2不领情x2 | Book Rank #11562
• yā zhìya1 zhi4压制x6 | Book Rank #5204to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
• bù mǎnbu4 man3不满x19 | Book Rank #1943dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
• sù kǔsu4 ku3诉苦x7 | Book Rank #4619to grumble; to complain; grievance
• shì zhīshi4 zhi1适之x5 | Book Rank #6032
• guàiguai4怪x16 | Book Rank #2286odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
• chǔ nǚchu3 nu:3处女x1 | Book Rank #16761virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
• yuàn yìyuan4 yi4愿意x32 | Book Rank #1160to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
• jì nǚji4 nu:3妓女x3 | Book Rank #8779prostitute; hooker
• CàiCai4蔡x3 | Book Rank #8780surname Cai
• jiān shōu bìng xùjian1 shou1 bing4 xu4兼收并蓄x1 | Book Rank #16762incorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing
• pái chìpai2 chi4排斥x5 | Book Rank #6033to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel
• biǎo miànbiao3 mian4表面x14 | Book Rank #2611surface; face; outside; appearance
• fā xièfa1 xie4发泄x5 | Book Rank #6034to give vent to (one's feelings)
• yǒu zhāo yī rìyou3 zhao1 yi1 ri4有朝一日x4 | Book Rank #7153one day; sometime in the future
• zì kuàngzi4 kuang4自况x2 | Book Rank #11563to compare oneself; to view oneself as
• xīong yìxiong1 yi4胸臆x1 | Book Rank #16763inner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
• zhúozhuo2浊x1 | Book Rank #16764turbid; muddy; impure
• jī fènji1 fen4激愤x3 | Book Rank #8781to stir up emotions; furious; angry; anger
• dòng xīn rěn xìngdong4 xin1 ren3 xing4动心忍性x2 | Book Rank #11564
• qiáng yāqiang2 ya1强压x1 | Book Rank #16765
• yíng héying2 he2迎合x6 | Book Rank #5205to cater to; to pander to
• zhōu ér fù shǐzhou1 er2 fu4 shi3周而复始x1 | Book Rank #16766lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle
• yī shì wú chéngyi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2一事无成x1 | Book Rank #16767(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
• dāng zhōngdang1 zhong1当中x28 | Book Rank #1338among; in the middle; in the center
• hào sǔnhao4 sun3耗损x1 | Book Rank #16768to waste
• pì nìpi4 ni4睥睨x1 | Book Rank #16769(literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye; to look askance at
• wàn wùwan4 wu4万物x3 | Book Rank #8782all things; all that exists
• jīng tiān wěi dìjing1 tian1 wei3 di4经天纬地x1 | Book Rank #16770
• qián shìqian2 shi4前世x2 | Book Rank #11565previous life; former incarnation
• jīn shìjin1 shi4今世x1 | Book Rank #16771this life; this age
• yìyi4艺x14 | Book Rank #2612skill; art
• yù bà bù néngyu4 ba4 bu4 neng2欲罢不能x1 | Book Rank #16772want to stop but can't (idiom); to be unable to stop oneself; to feel an urge to continue
• qián xíngqian2 xing2前行x6 | Book Rank #5206(literary) to go forward
• jìn tùi shī jùjin4 tui4 shi1 ju4进退失据x1 | Book Rank #16773no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss; in a hopeless situation
• jí wéiji2 wei2极为x21 | Book Rank #1777extremely; exceedingly
• jiān áojian1 ao2煎熬x16 | Book Rank #2287to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
• tòng kǔtong4 ku3痛苦x35 | Book Rank #1043pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]