Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• xiǎo chéngxiao3 cheng2小城x6 | Book Rank #5352small town
• lì liànli4 lian4历练x5 | Book Rank #6201to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced
• fēng qíngfeng1 qing2风情x3 | Book Rank #9134mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc
• rén shì jiānren2 shi4 jian1人世间x4 | Book Rank #7363the secular world
• wū yánwu1 yan2屋檐x1 | Book Rank #17614eaves; roof (i.e. home)
• lùo rùluo4 ru4落入x2 | Book Rank #12058to fall into
• lěng gōngleng3 gong1冷宫x1 | Book Rank #17615(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor
• bù kě jìu yàobu4 ke3 jiu4 yao4不可救药x2 | Book Rank #12059see 無可救藥|无可救药[wu2 ke3 jiu4 yao4]
• jià rùjia4 ru4嫁入x1 | Book Rank #17616
• yāo wángyao1 wang2夭亡x1 | Book Rank #17617to die young
• jǐn jiē zhejin3 jie1 zhe5紧接着x8 | Book Rank #4257immediately afterwards; shortly after that
• Héng, héngHeng2, heng2恒x32 | Book Rank #1171恒 Héng: 恒 Heng2: surname Heng恒 héng: 恒 heng2: permanent; constant; fixed; usual; ordinary; rule (old); one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)
• xuānxuan1暄x1 | Book Rank #17618genial and warm
• yuányuan2垣x9 | Book Rank #3846wall
• shì jiāoshi4 jiao1世交x3 | Book Rank #9135(long time) friend of the family
• yǎnyan3衍x8 | Book Rank #4258to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
• yī jiāyi1 jia1一家x45 | Book Rank #803the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
• bái huà shībai2 hua4 shi1白话诗x4 | Book Rank #7364free verse in the vernacular
• xì zhìxi4 zhi4细致x6 | Book Rank #5353delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking
• yī bǐ dài gùoyi1 bi3 dai4 guo4一笔带过x1 | Book Rank #17619(idiom) to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)
• yī bǐyi1 bi3一笔x11 | Book Rank #3255
• wú zú qīng zhòngwu2 zu2 qing1 zhong4无足轻重x1 | Book Rank #17620insignificant
• shǎo zhěshao3 zhe3少者x1 | Book Rank #17621
• yāoyao1腰x6 | Book Rank #5354the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
• chǔchu3杵x1 | Book Rank #17622pestle; to poke
• qiānqian1搴x1 | Book Rank #17623to seize; to pull; to hold up the hem of clothes
• wànwan4腕x2 | Book Rank #12060wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• huàn yīhuan4 yi1浣衣x2 | Book Rank #12061to wash clothes
• bù wèibu4 wei4不畏x3 | Book Rank #9136unafraid; to defy
• qìngqing4凊x1 | Book Rank #17624(literary) cold; cool; chilly
• shēng érsheng1 er2生儿x1 | Book Rank #17625
• xià fāngxia4 fang1下方x3 | Book Rank #9137underneath; below; the underside; world of mortals; to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
• wò bìngwo4 bing4卧病x3 | Book Rank #9138ill in bed; bed-ridden
• móu miànmou2 mian4谋面x5 | Book Rank #6202to meet
• dé chǒngde2 chong3得宠x1 | Book Rank #17626to be a favorite; favor
• chén miǎnchen2 mian3沉湎x1 | Book Rank #17627(literary) to wallow in; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in
• chè dǐche4 di3彻底x20 | Book Rank #1877thorough; thoroughly; complete
• lěng lùoleng3 luo4冷落x4 | Book Rank #7365desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder
• hòu yuànhou4 yuan4后院x11 | Book Rank #3256rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
• lā shēnla1 shen1拉伸x1 | Book Rank #17628to draw; to stretch
• wú biānwu2 bian1无边x1 | Book Rank #17629without boundary; not bordered
• yōu yuànyou1 yuan4幽怨x4 | Book Rank #7366hidden bitterness; secret grudge
• bānban1搬x19 | Book Rank #1959to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
• bù biànbu4 bian4不变x6 | Book Rank #5355constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
• āi yuànai1 yuan4哀怨x2 | Book Rank #12062grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive
• wēng, Wēngweng1, Weng1翁x4 | Book Rank #7367翁 wēng: 翁 weng1: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)翁 Wēng: 翁 Weng1: surname Weng
• ér sūn mǎn tánger2 sun1 man3 tang2儿孙满堂x1 | Book Rank #17630
• zhěnzhen3枕x1 | Book Rank #17631(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
• miánmian2眠x2 | Book Rank #12063to sleep; to hibernate
• yuán yǐ wéiyuan2 yi3 wei2原以为x1 | Book Rank #17632