Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• qì chǎngqi4 chang3气场x1 | Book Rank #19210qi field (in qigong or feng shui); vibe (of a person or place); aura; atmosphere
• wēn wǎnwen1 wan3温婉x7 | Book Rank #4840sweet-tempered; gentle
• bù jí bù xúbu4 ji2 bu4 xu2不疾不徐x2 | Book Rank #12924neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
• rén dàn rú júren2 dan4 ru2 ju2人淡如菊x2 | Book Rank #12925
• qǐng jiǎnqing3 jian3请柬x4 | Book Rank #7706invitation card; written invitation
• fǔfu3府x7 | Book Rank #4841seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
• bù lùo sú tàobu4 luo4 su2 tao4不落俗套x1 | Book Rank #19211to conform to no conventional pattern; unconventional; offbeat
• qì jīqi4 ji1契机x2 | Book Rank #12926opportunity; turning point
• quán chéngquan2 cheng2全程x1 | Book Rank #19212the whole distance; from beginning to end
• wài wén xìwai4 wen2 xi4外文系x1 | Book Rank #19213department of foreign languages; modern languages (college department)
• zhǔ rènzhu3 ren4主任x40 | Book Rank #895director; head; CL:個|个[ge4]
• jiāo zhúojiao1 zhuo2胶着x2 | Book Rank #12927to stick onto; stalemate; gridlock; to agglutinate
• dī gǔdi1 gu3低谷x1 | Book Rank #19214valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes
• fēn luànfen1 luan4纷乱x2 | Book Rank #12928numerous and disorderly
• shì shìshi4 shi4世事x10 | Book Rank #3569affairs of life; things of the world
• zǒu tóu wú lùzou3 tou2 wu2 lu4走投无路x2 | Book Rank #12929to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
• nián qiū dōngnian2 qiu1 dong1年秋冬x2 | Book Rank #12930
• tōng xìn yuántong1 xin4 yuan2通信员x3 | Book Rank #9653
• mǎn yìman3 yi4满意x13 | Book Rank #2847satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
• róng rěnrong2 ren3容忍x6 | Book Rank #5528to put up with; to tolerate
• róng huàrong2 hua4融化x5 | Book Rank #6436to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse
• gèng zāogeng4 zao1更糟x2 | Book Rank #12931
• xí guàn xìngxi2 guan4 xing4习惯性x1 | Book Rank #19215customary
• fáng yù xìngfang2 yu4 xing4防御性x1 | Book Rank #19216defensive (weapons)
• gāo shànggao1 shang4高尚x2 | Book Rank #12932noble; lofty; refined; exquisite
• gān, gǎngan1, gan3杆x1 | Book Rank #19217杆 gān: 杆 gan1: pole; CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]杆 gǎn: 杆 gan3: stick; pole; lever; classifier for long objects such as guns
• máo bǐmao2 bi3毛笔x11 | Book Rank #3302writing brush; CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]
• bǐ jiānbi3 jian1笔尖x2 | Book Rank #12933nib; pen point; the tip of a writing brush or pencil
• chóu chángchou2 chang2愁肠x2 | Book Rank #12934anxiety; worries
• míng lìming2 li4名利x1 | Book Rank #19218fame and profit
• mò gùo yúmo4 guo4 yu2莫过于x4 | Book Rank #7707nothing can surpass
• xiǎng wàngxiang3 wang4想望x1 | Book Rank #19219to desire; to wish; (literary) to admire
• yī shēng shēngyi1 sheng1 sheng1一声声x1 | Book Rank #19220
• jiě jiejie3 jie5姐姐x11 | Book Rank #3303older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]
• yāng qíuyang1 qiu2央求x3 | Book Rank #9654to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
• chū chénchu1 chen2出尘x1 | Book Rank #19221
• qīng xīnqing1 xin1倾心x3 | Book Rank #9655to admire wholeheartedly; to fall in love with
• zé ǒuze2 ou3择偶x1 | Book Rank #19222to choose a spouse
• Jí, jí, jièJi2, ji2, jie4藉x2 | Book Rank #12935藉 Jí: 藉 Ji2: surname Ji藉 jí: 藉 ji2: (literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉[lang2 ji2]藉 jiè: 藉 jie4: (literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• gè dìge4 di4各地x12 | Book Rank #3070in all parts of (a country); various regions
• lòu miànlou4 mian4露面x2 | Book Rank #12936to show one's face; to appear (in public)
• hóng tòuhong2 tou4红透x1 | Book Rank #19223
• bàn biān tiānban4 bian1 tian1半边天x1 | Book Rank #19224half the sky; women of the new society; womenfolk
• xíng jìxing2 ji4形迹x1 | Book Rank #19225manner; bearing; trace; mark; trail; etiquette
• wài lùwai4 lu4外露x1 | Book Rank #19226exposed; appearing on the outside
• shī tánshi1 tan2诗坛x2 | Book Rank #12937poetry circles; poetry world
• měi nán zimei3 nan2 zi5美男子x1 | Book Rank #19227
• dà zhòng qíng rénda4 zhong4 qing2 ren2大众情人x1 | Book Rank #19228
• zhī lán yù shùzhi1 lan2 yu4 shu4芝兰玉树x1 | Book Rank #19229lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
• qīng lǎngqing1 lang3清朗x1 | Book Rank #19230clear and bright; unclouded; clear and sonorous (voice); clear and lively (narrative)