Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- guest of honor
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 肖 Xiāo: 肖 Xiao1: surname Xiao; Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]肖 xiào: 肖 xiao4: similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
- air; atmosphere
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- to indulge in; to wallow in
- environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- to see
- 孔 kǒng: 孔 kong3: hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings孔 Kǒng: 孔 Kong3: surname Kong
- stem (of fruit)
- prince
- prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring
- duke; dukedom
- to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- in vogue; fashionable
- to amend; to alter; to modify
- poetry and literature
- might; formidable
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- bright; intelligent
- to have an abundance
- to try to please
- 写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- to draw up the theme (for discussion)
- Oedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
- novel; new; exotic
- making one happy; gratifying; heartening
- ancient Greece
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- chorus; to chorus
- small number; few; minority
- other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
- to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to use; to put to use
- witticism
- to set up; to establish
- enemy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- art
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]