Vocabulary
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| 新风 新風 | new trend; new custom | |
| 为时 為時 | timewise; pertaining to time | |
| 有学问 有學問 | (of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly; (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise | |
| 从先 從先 | (dialect) before; in the past; previously | |
| 前人 前人 | predecessor; forebears; the person facing you | |
| 乾 乹 | dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) | |
| 书斋 書齋 | study (room) | |
| 会试 會試 | metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination) | |
| 毛驴 毛驢 | donkey | |
| 国号 國號 | official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China:, etc) | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 本地人 本地人 | native person (of a country) | |
| 会师 會師 | to collaborate; to join forces; to effect a junction | |
| 开走 開走 | to go (of car, train etc); to drive off | |
| 大水 大水 | flood | |
| 穿梭 穿梭 | to travel back and forth; to shuttle | |
| 和风 和風 | breeze; (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) | |
| 女仆 女僕 | female servant; maid | |
| 零的 零的 | small change | |
| 半百 半百 | fifty (usually referring to sb's age) | |
| 俄国 俄國 | Russia | |
| 上第 上第 | top notch; highest quality | |
| 下一站 下一站 | the next stop (of a bus etc) | |
| 做学问 做學問 | to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research | |
| 国都 國都 | national capital | |
| 彗星 彗星 | comet | |
| 国门 國門 | (archaic) capital's gate; country's border | |
| 对垒 對壘 | to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc) | |
| 回溯 回溯 | to recall; to look back upon | |
| 楼阁 樓閣 | building; pavilion | |
| 汉学家 漢學家 | sinologist; scholar of Chinese | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 汉语 漢語 | Chinese language | |
| 早饭 早飯 | breakfast | |
| 弟 弟 | younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 多年来 多年來 | for the past many years | |
| 楼上 樓上 | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 外国 外國 | foreign (country) | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 地图 地圖 | map | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 也就是说 也就是說 | in other words; that is to say; so; thus | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not |