Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• pí wèipi2 wei4脾胃x2 | Book Rank #12264spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature)
• tí mùti2 mu4题目x8 | Book Rank #4286subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
• lì dìngli4 ding4立定x1 | Book Rank #18033to stop; to halt; halt!; to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
• zhǔ yizhu3 yi5主意x6 | Book Rank #5404plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
• Sū éSu1 e2苏俄x11 | Book Rank #3266Soviet Russia
• néng nàineng2 nai4能耐x1 | Book Rank #18034ability; capability
• yuè dúyue4 du2阅读x18 | Book Rank #2076to read; reading
• ēn gé sīEn1 ge2 si1恩格斯x4 | Book Rank #7483Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism
• yuán zhùyuan2 zhu4原著x2 | Book Rank #12265original work (not translation or abridged)
• huáng lùnhuang2 lun4遑论x1 | Book Rank #18035let alone; not to mention
• fēn qīngfen1 qing1分清x1 | Book Rank #18036to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear
• hòu qīhou4 qi1后期x12 | Book Rank #3047late stage; later period
• fèng máo lín jiǎofeng4 mao2 lin2 jiao3凤毛麟角x2 | Book Rank #12266lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
• Bào, bàoBao4, bao4鲍x7 | Book Rank #4747鲍 Bào: 鲍 Bao4: surname Bao鲍 bào: 鲍 bao4: abalone
• wēi kèwei1 ke4微克x1 | Book Rank #18037microgram (μg)
• Bù ěr shí wéi kèBu4 er3 shi2 wei2 ke4布尔什维克x1 | Book Rank #18038Bolshevik
• liú yīngliu2 ying1留英x2 | Book Rank #12267
• yīng guó gōng dǎngying1 guo2 gong1 dang3英国工党x1 | Book Rank #18039
• Fèi biān shèFei4 bian1 she4费边社x1 | Book Rank #18040Fabian Society
• húo dòng jiāhuo2 dong4 jia1活动家x3 | Book Rank #9284activist
• gōng dǎnggong1 dang3工党x1 | Book Rank #18041worker's party; labor party
• jìn yī bùjin4 yi1 bu4进一步x4 | Book Rank #7484to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
• qiáng huàqiang2 hua4强化x5 | Book Rank #6262to strengthen; to intensify
• zǔo yìzuo3 yi4左翼x16 | Book Rank #2324left-wing (political)
• yì fāyi4 fa1益发x1 | Book Rank #18042increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
• hǎo bǐhao3 bi3好比x6 | Book Rank #5405to be just like; can be compared to
• Sān gúo Yǎn yìSan1 guo2 Yan3 yi4三国演义x1 | Book Rank #18043Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
• Zhào YúnZhao4 Yun2赵云x1 | Book Rank #18044Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• shǔi hǔshui3 hu3水浒x1 | Book Rank #18045edge of the water; shore or sea, lake or river; seashore
• Lǐ KúiLi3 Kui2李逵x1 | Book Rank #18046Li Kui, character in the novel Water Margin 水滸全傳|水浒全传[Shui3 hu3 quan2 zhuan4]
• lǔ zhì shēnlu3 zhi4 shen1鲁智深x1 | Book Rank #18047
• yǎn jiǎng shíyan3 jiang3 shi2演讲时x1 | Book Rank #18048
• Sū liánSu1 lian2苏联x66 | Book Rank #522Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]
• gúo qíguo2 qi2国旗x15 | Book Rank #2476flag (of a country); CL:面[mian4]
• xiàng zhēngxiang4 zheng1象征x28 | Book Rank #1347symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent
• rén lèi shǐren2 lei4 shi3人类史x1 | Book Rank #18049
• biāo shìbiao1 shi4标示x2 | Book Rank #12268to indicate
• é gúoE2 guo2俄国x10 | Book Rank #3528Russia
• lì xiàli4 xia4立下x4 | Book Rank #7485to set up; to establish
• bǎng yàngbang3 yang4榜样x5 | Book Rank #6263model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
• qí ziqi2 zi5旗子x3 | Book Rank #9285flag; banner; CL:面[mian4]
• dǒu dòngdou3 dong4抖动x1 | Book Rank #18050to quiver; to vibrate; to shake (sth)
• shēng xiǎngsheng1 xiang3声响x2 | Book Rank #12269sound; noise
• jìn shí niánjin4 shi2 nian2近十年x2 | Book Rank #12270
• Sī lā fūSi1 la1 fu1斯拉夫x1 | Book Rank #18051Slavic
• hū shēnghu1 sheng1呼声x2 | Book Rank #12271a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
• shù shí niánshu4 shi2 nian2数十年x4 | Book Rank #7486
• jǐujiu3九x28 | Book Rank #1348nine; 9
• nà tiānna4 tian1那天x17 | Book Rank #2196that day; the other day
• shì mínshi4 min2市民x8 | Book Rank #4287city resident; townspeople