Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer
- 杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang
- 绛 jiàng: 绛 jiang4: purple-red绛 Jiàng: 绛 Jiang4: capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
- translator (of writings)
- graceful; fine; elegant
- vivid; lifelike
- translated text
- even more
- to last forever; eternal; enduring
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- to add; to increase
- tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
- majority; most
- to be equipped with; to come with (sth)
- exquisite; elegant; fine
- illustration
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- to become; to turn into
- China
- family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- essential
- to collect books; library collection
- convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
- publishing house
- 还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- to record (video or audio)
- 将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component
- to gather up; to collect; to edit; to compile
- in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- preface; foreword; introduction; preamble; earlier remarks; earlier words; (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
- thirty; 30
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to arrive; most; to; until
- capitalism
- to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
- to participate; to take part; to join