Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• zì wǒ shí xiànzi4 wo3 shi2 xian4自我实现x1 | Book Rank #17603self-actualization (psychology); self-realization
• gōng zhènggong1 zheng4公正x7 | Book Rank #4709just; fair; equitable
• kùi zèngkui4 zeng4馈赠x2 | Book Rank #12051to present (a gift) to (sb)
• què lìque4 li4确立x5 | Book Rank #6195to establish; to institute
• wèi céngwei4 ceng2未曾x12 | Book Rank #3026hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
• gǎi biàngai3 bian4改变x40 | Book Rank #893to change; to alter; to transform
• bù jìnbu4 jin4不尽x5 | Book Rank #6196not completely; endlessly
• huān xiàohuan1 xiao4欢笑x5 | Book Rank #6197to laugh happily; a belly-laugh
• yuán yúyuan2 yu2源于x3 | Book Rank #9130has its origins in
• shēn shìshen1 shi4身世x9 | Book Rank #3844one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
• jiāo tìjiao1 ti4交替x2 | Book Rank #12052to replace; alternately; in turn
• nán miǎn huìnan2 mian3 hui4难免会x4 | Book Rank #7356
• tóu fàngtou2 fang4投放x2 | Book Rank #12053to input; to throw in; to unload; to put into circulation
• yīn yǐngyin1 ying3阴影x12 | Book Rank #3027(lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]
• hěn shǎohen3 shao3很少x15 | Book Rank #2468
• tán lùntan2 lun4谈论x5 | Book Rank #6198to discuss; to talk about
• xiāng hǔoxiang1 huo3香火x5 | Book Rank #6199incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks
• shù chūshu4 chu1庶出x8 | Book Rank #4255born of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
• gān gàgan1 ga4尴尬x6 | Book Rank #5351awkward; embarrassed
• qièqie4妾x4 | Book Rank #7357concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• xiǎo zuō fāngxiao3 zuo1 fang1小作坊x5 | Book Rank #6200
• yīn shíyin1 shi2殷实x1 | Book Rank #17604thriving; well-off; substantial
• jiā jìngjia1 jing4家境x3 | Book Rank #9131family financial situation; family circumstances
• lǎo yāolao3 yao1老幺x1 | Book Rank #17605(coll.) youngest child
• pái hángpai2 hang2排行x2 | Book Rank #12054to rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
• zào chéngzao4 cheng2造成x22 | Book Rank #1711to bring about; to create; to cause
• zhí nìuzhi2 niu4执拗x3 | Book Rank #9132stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
• pí qipi2 qi5脾气x26 | Book Rank #1450character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
• jí zàoji2 zao4急躁x4 | Book Rank #7358irritable; irascible; impetuous
• jiāo zòngjiao1 zong4骄纵x1 | Book Rank #17606arrogant and willful
• yù jiànyu4 jian4预见x1 | Book Rank #17607to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
• liǎo ránliao3 ran2了然x2 | Book Rank #12055to understand clearly; evident
• fǎn zhuǎnfan3 zhuan3反转x1 | Book Rank #17608reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
• míng mén guī xiùming2 men2 gui1 xiu4名门闺秀x2 | Book Rank #12056
• pó popo2 po5婆婆x4 | Book Rank #7359husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
• zǒng suànzong3 suan4总算x8 | Book Rank #4256at long last; finally; on the whole
• xì xì pǐn wèixi4 xi4 pin3 wei4细细品味x1 | Book Rank #17609to savor; to relish
• zhǎng xīnzhang3 xin1掌心x1 | Book Rank #17610hollow of the palm
• lián xùlian2 xu4连续x9 | Book Rank #3845continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive
• yī nán yī nǚyi1 nan2 yi1 nv3一男一女x1 | Book Rank #17611
• yāo zhéyao1 zhe2夭折x4 | Book Rank #7360to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely
• lǒng zhàolong3 zhao4笼罩x4 | Book Rank #7361to envelop; to shroud
• āi, áiai1, ai2挨x4 | Book Rank #7362挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
• lǎo xiānglao3 xiang1老乡x7 | Book Rank #4710fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
• tou, tóutou5, tou2头x37 | Book Rank #979头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
• nán áonan2 ao2难熬x1 | Book Rank #17612(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
• huàn zùohuan4 zuo4唤作x2 | Book Rank #12057to be called; to be known as
• èr niánger4 niang2二娘x13 | Book Rank #2810
• gòng tóng zhī chùgong4 tong2 zhi1 chu4共同之处x3 | Book Rank #9133
• shí lǐ yáng chǎngshi2 li3 yang2 chang3十里洋场x1 | Book Rank #17613the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements; (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city