Vocabulary: 风雨琳琅：林徽因和她的时代

• xīong xiǎnxiong1 xian3凶险x7 | Book Rank #4583dangerous; ruthless; treacherous
• gè tǐge4 ti3个体x7 | Book Rank #4584an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4])
• yī dànyi1 dan4一旦x20 | Book Rank #1854in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
• gǔo xiéguo3 xie2裹挟x3 | Book Rank #8650to sweep along; to coerce
• kuáng biāokuang2 biao1狂飙x2 | Book Rank #11340hurricane; violent reform or revolution; violent movement or force
• bù bùbu4 bu4步步x2 | Book Rank #11341step by step; at every step
• jīng xīnjing1 xin1惊心x1 | Book Rank #16400staggering; shocking; frightened
• dú shàn qí shēndu2 shan4 qi2 shen1独善其身x2 | Book Rank #11342(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
• qíng shìqing2 shi4情势x1 | Book Rank #16401situation; circumstance
• shǐ zhìshi3 zhi4矢志x1 | Book Rank #16402to take an oath to do sth; to pledge; to vow
• hǔihui3悔x10 | Book Rank #3416(bound form) to regret; to repent
• zài zhèng zhì shàngzai4 zheng4 zhi4 shang4在政治上x6 | Book Rank #5129
• yuǎn dà bào fùyuan3 da4 bao4 fu4远大抱负x1 | Book Rank #16403
• yī xīnyi1 xin1一心x17 | Book Rank #2150wholeheartedly; heart and soul
• yùyu4欲x40 | Book Rank #883欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
• zhì shìzhi4 shi4治世x3 | Book Rank #8651
• chén, Chénchen2, Chen2臣x4 | Book Rank #7067臣 chén: 臣 chen2: state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131臣 Chén: 臣 Chen2: surname Chen
• yǐ tiān xià wéi jǐ rènyi3 tian1 xia4 wei2 ji3 ren4以天下为己任x1 | Book Rank #16404
• xíng zhī yǒu xiàoxing2 zhi1 you3 xiao4行之有效x1 | Book Rank #16405to be effective (idiom)
• shí xíngshi2 xing2实行x7 | Book Rank #4585to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
• zhèng júzheng4 ju2政局x6 | Book Rank #5130political situation
• gǔigui3诡x2 | Book Rank #11343(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory; inconsistent
• bào fùbao4 fu4抱负x11 | Book Rank #3181aspiration; ambition
• jiào zhījiao4 zhi1较之x6 | Book Rank #5131
• xī shēngxi1 sheng1牺牲x20 | Book Rank #1855to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
• dí quèdi2 que4的确x17 | Book Rank #2151really; indeed
• sǐ zhěsi3 zhe3死者x6 | Book Rank #5132the dead; the deceased
• líu yǒuliu2 you3留有x2 | Book Rank #11344to remain in existence; to retain
• guànguan4贯x2 | Book Rank #11345to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
• huàn hǎihuan4 hai3宦海x5 | Book Rank #5951officialdom; bureaucracy
• xīn lì jiāo cùixin1 li4 jiao1 cui4心力交瘁x2 | Book Rank #11346to be both mentally and physically exhausted (idiom)
• wèi jìngwei4 jing4未竟x2 | Book Rank #11347unfinished; incomplete
• xīn hūi yì lěngxin1 hui1 yi4 leng3心灰意冷x4 | Book Rank #7068discouraged; downhearted
• húo zhehuo2 zhe5活着x14 | Book Rank #2592alive
• húohuo2活x21 | Book Rank #1765to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
• róng yìrong2 yi4容易x44 | Book Rank #817easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
• qīng běn jiā rénqing1 ben3 jia1 ren2卿本佳人x2 | Book Rank #11348
• jué dìngjue2 ding4决定x101 | Book Rank #320to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
• bì shēngbi4 sheng1毕生x7 | Book Rank #4586one's whole life; throughout one's life
• zhèng kèzheng4 ke4政客x8 | Book Rank #4125politician
• yuán shúyuan2 shu2圆熟x2 | Book Rank #11349
• shì gù, shì gushi4 gu4, shi4 gu5世故x8 | Book Rank #4126世故 shì gù: 世故 shi4 gu4: the ways of the world世故 shì gu: 世故 shi4 gu5: sophisticated; worldly-wise
• xiāng fǎnxiang1 fan3相反x5 | Book Rank #5952opposite; contrary
• liáo yǒuliao2 you3僚友x1 | Book Rank #16406
• cháichai2侪x1 | Book Rank #16407a class; a company; companion
• bái yún, Bái yúnbai2 yun2, Bai2 yun2白云x3 | Book Rank #8652白云 bái yún: 白云 bai2 yun2: white cloud白云 Bái yún: 白云 Bai2 yun2: see 白雲區|白云区[Bai2 yun2 Qu1]
• xìuxiu4岫x1 | Book Rank #16408cave; mountain peak
• fēng shénfeng1 shen2丰神x2 | Book Rank #11350
• yǎ dànya3 dan4雅淡x1 | Book Rank #16409simple and elegant
• wàng nián jiāowang4 nian2 jiao1忘年交x1 | Book Rank #16410friends with a significant age gap