Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• Gúo hùiGuo2 hui4国会x9 | Book Rank #3725Parliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan); Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
• qǐng yuànqing3 yuan4请愿x4 | Book Rank #7055petition (for action to be taken)
• tóng zhì huìtong2 zhi4 hui4同志会x2 | Book Rank #11313
• zǔ chéngzu3 cheng2组成x21 | Book Rank #1763to form; to make up; to constitute
• yǒuyou3友x14 | Book Rank #2586friend
• hé pínghe2 ping2和平x21 | Book Rank #1764peace; peaceful
• xíng shìxing2 shi4形式x41 | Book Rank #860outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
• pò shǐpo4 shi3迫使x2 | Book Rank #11314to force; to compel
• kāi fàngkai1 fang4开放x8 | Book Rank #4122to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
• zhèng quánzheng4 quan2政权x36 | Book Rank #999regime; political power
• zhuǎn rùzhuan3 ru4转入x9 | Book Rank #3726to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
• wēn hé, wēn huowen1 he2, wen1 huo5温和x13 | Book Rank #2754温和 wēn hé: 温和 wen1 he2: mild; gentle; moderate温和 wēn huo: 温和 wen1 huo5: lukewarm
• zhōng gàozhong1 gao4忠告x7 | Book Rank #4578to give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word
• zòu xiàozou4 xiao4奏效x2 | Book Rank #11315to show results; to be effective
• shìshi4示x7 | Book Rank #4579to show; to reveal
• dùi kàngdui4 kang4对抗x5 | Book Rank #5940to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation
• zǔ zhīzu3 zhi1组织x52 | Book Rank #692to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave; CL:個|个[ge4]
• míng wéiming2 wei2名为x12 | Book Rank #2954to be called; to be known as
• cù jìn huìcu4 jin4 hui4促进会x1 | Book Rank #16368
• bǎo shǒu dǎngbao3 shou3 dang3保守党x1 | Book Rank #16369conservative political parties
• zhēngzheng1争x22 | Book Rank #1683to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
• yù yǎn yù lièyu4 yan3 yu4 lie4愈演愈烈x1 | Book Rank #16370ever more critical; problems get more and more intense
• bǎo shǒu pàibao3 shou3 pai4保守派x1 | Book Rank #16371conservative faction
• chè zhǒuche4 zhou3掣肘x1 | Book Rank #16372to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder
• cǐ jǐngci3 jing3此景x2 | Book Rank #11316
• shī wàngshi1 wang4失望x19 | Book Rank #1926disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
• tòng xīntong4 xin1痛心x7 | Book Rank #4580grieved; pained
• tòng chìtong4 chi4痛斥x1 | Book Rank #16373to criticize harshly; to denounce; to attack viciously
• má mù bù rénma2 mu4 bu4 ren2麻木不仁x1 | Book Rank #16374numbed; insensitive; apathetic; thick-skinned
• zhèng fǔzheng4 fu3政府x59 | Book Rank #593government; CL:個|个[ge4]
• wù guó yāng mínwu4 guo2 yang1 min2误国殃民x1 | Book Rank #16375
• yāo nièyao1 nie4妖孽x1 | Book Rank #16376evildoer
• xiāng yǔxiang1 yu3相与x1 | Book Rank #16377
• jí liú yǒng tuìji2 liu2 yong3 tui4急流勇退x2 | Book Rank #11317
• cí qùci2 qu4辞去x13 | Book Rank #2755to resign; to quit
• qián wǎngqian2 wang3前往x44 | Book Rank #816to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
• shēn bàoshen1 bao4申报x4 | Book Rank #7056to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs)
• wú guān yī shēn qīngwu2 guan1 yi1 shen1 qing1无官一身轻x2 | Book Rank #11318
• HùHu4沪x17 | Book Rank #2149short name for Shanghai
• hūi fùhui1 fu4恢复x22 | Book Rank #1684to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate
• wǎng rìwang3 ri4往日x13 | Book Rank #2756former days; the past
• xí qìxi2 qi4习气x3 | Book Rank #8641custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
• zhěng rìzheng3 ri4整日x2 | Book Rank #11319all day long; the whole day
• hūi jīn rú tǔhui1 jin1 ru2 tu3挥金如土x2 | Book Rank #11320lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
• jù chuánju4 chuan2据传x1 | Book Rank #16378it is rumored that ...; it is reported that ...
• bāo, Bāobao1, Bao1包x9 | Book Rank #3727包 bāo: 包 bao1: to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]包 Bāo: 包 Bao1: surname Bao
• mǎ chēma3 che1马车x2 | Book Rank #11321cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
• yī xiàngyi1 xiang4一项x14 | Book Rank #2587
• kāi zhīkai1 zhi1开支x3 | Book Rank #8642expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
• kuàikuai4块x12 | Book Rank #2955lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units