Vocabulary
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| 尔雅 爾雅 | "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts | |
| 低廉 低廉 | cheap; inexpensive; low | |
| 儒雅 儒雅 | scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous | |
| 哺乳动物 哺乳動物 | mammal | |
| 炮台 砲臺 | fort; battery | |
| 火山爆发 火山爆發 | volcanic eruption | |
| 眺望 眺望 | to survey the scene from an elevated position | |
| 分界线 分界線 | dividing line | |
| 掩埋 掩埋 | to bury | |
| 环形 環形 | ring-shaped; (math.) annulus | |
| 继承者 繼承者 | successor | |
| 雅士 雅士 | elegant scholar | |
| 征途 征途 | long journey; trek; course of an expedition | |
| 异国他乡 異國他鄉 | foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate | |
| 阿拉善 阿拉善 | Alxa, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | |
| 钢丝 鋼絲 | steel wire; tightrope | |
| 峭壁 峭壁 | cliff; steep; precipice | |
| 飞驰 飛馳 | to speed; to rush | |
| 钢管 鋼管 | steel pipe; pole (in pole dancing) | |
| 巢穴 巢穴 | lair; nest; den; hideout | |
| 主峰 主峰 | main peak (of a mountain range) | |
| 脉动 脈動 | pulse; throbbing; pulsation | |
| 谷地 谷地 | valley | |
| 惊呼 驚呼 | to cry out in alarm or surprise | |
| 神经系统 神經系統 | nervous system | |
| 断崖 斷崖 | steep cliff; crag; precipice | |
| 拨开 撥開 | to push aside; to part; to brush away | |
| 勃勃 勃勃 | thriving; vigorous; exuberant | |
| 礼拜堂 禮拜堂 | chapel; church (Protestant) | |
| 牧羊 牧羊 | to raise sheep; shepherd | |
| 蓄势待发 蓄勢待發 | to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc | |
| 天井 天井 | courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 | |
| 越野车 越野車 | off-road vehicle | |
| 矿物质 礦物質 | mineral, esp. dietary mineral | |
| 边沿 邊沿 | edge; fringe | |
| 灵异 靈異 | deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural | |
| 涅槃 涅槃 | (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die | |
| 攀岩 攀巖 | rock climbing; to climb a rockface | |
| 陵园 陵園 | cemetery; mausoleum park | |
| 震中 震中 | earthquake epicenter | |
| 升入 升入 | to progress to (a higher-level school) | |
| 俯视 俯視 | to overlook; to look down at | |
| 徜徉 徜徉 | to wander about unhurriedly; to linger; to loiter | |
| 生猛 生猛 | full of life; violent; brave; fresh (of seafood) | |
| 守望 守望 | to keep watch | |
| 凄美 淒美 | poignant; sad and beautiful | |
| 出入境 出入境 | to leave or enter a country | |
| 唠嗑 嘮嗑 | (dialect) to chat; to gossip | |
| 孔明灯 孔明燈 | sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) | |
| 长廊 長廊 | promenade; long hallway; Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing |