Vocabulary
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| 意念 意念 | idea; thought | |
| 生死关头 生死關頭 | the critical moment; life and death crisis | |
| 双脚 雙腳 | two legs; both feet | |
| 意境 意境 | artistic mood or conception; creative concept | |
| 破题 破題 | writing style in which the main subject is approached directly from the outset; opposite of | |
| 镰刀 鐮刀 | sickle | |
| 金黄 金黃 | golden yellow; golden | |
| 空话 空話 | empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip | |
| 上代 上代 | previous generation | |
| 牛羊 牛羊 | cattle and sheep; livestock | |
| 当空 當空 | overhead; up in the sky | |
| 水土 水土 | water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate | |
| 围剿 圍剿 | to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards | |
| 天下大乱 天下大亂 | the whole country in rebellion | |
| 远古 遠古 | antiquity; ancient times | |
| 教派 教派 | sect | |
| 长存 長存 | to last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever | |
| 报请 報請 | to report, requesting approval; written request for instructions | |
| 居里 居里 | curie (Ci) (loanword) | |
| 二世 二世 | the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) | |
| 刚强 剛強 | firm; unyielding | |
| 奇闻 奇聞 | bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news | |
| 亦或 亦或 | or | |
| 娴静 嫻靜 | gentle and refined | |
| 牛皮 牛皮 | cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk | |
| 传本 傳本 | edition (of a book) currently in circulation | |
| 癞皮狗 癩皮狗 | mangy dog; (fig.) loathsome person | |
| 配发 配發 | to issue; to distribute; to publish along with | |
| 代指 代指 | to mean; to signify | |
| 造次 造次 | (literary) hurried; rash | |
| 简约 簡約 | sketchy; concise; abbreviated | |
| 后来者居上 後來者居上 | the latecomers surpass their predecessors | |
| 风化 風化 | decency; public morals; to weather (rocks); wind erosion | |
| 银锭 銀錠 | silver ingot | |
| 奇崛 奇崛 | strange and prominent | |
| 面汤 麵湯 | noodle soup; noodles in soup; noodle broth | |
| 代书 代書 | to write on sb's behalf; a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) | |
| 相背 相背 | contrary; opposite | |
| 出主意 出主意 | to come up with ideas; to make suggestions; to offer advice | |
| 谈不上 談不上 | to be out of the question | |
| 有朝一日 有朝一日 | one day; sometime in the future | |
| 白菜 白菜 | Chinese cabbage; pak choi | |
| 书架 書架 | bookshelf | |
| 实话实说 實話實說 | to tell the truth; to tell it as it is | |
| 有的是 有的是 | have plenty of; there's no lack of | |
| 说到底 說到底 | in the final analysis; in the end | |
| 做客 做客 | to be a guest or visitor | |
| 不得已 不得已 | to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must | |
| 下一代 下一代 | the next generation | |
| 有所不同 有所不同 | to differ to some extent (idiom) |