Vocabulary
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| 安史之乱 安史之亂 | An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of and, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty | |
| 严刑拷打 嚴刑拷打 | torture; interrogation by torture | |
| 横空出世 橫空出世 | (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success | |
| 奇耻大辱 奇恥大辱 | (idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment | |
| 盟约 盟約 | contract of alliance; oath or treaty between allies | |
| 小插曲 小插曲 | episode; brief interlude | |
| 刑事犯罪 刑事犯罪 | criminal offense | |
| 生灭 生滅 | life and death | |
| 毫不逊色 毫不遜色 | not inferior in any respect | |
| 高耸 高聳 | erect; towering; to stand tall | |
| 采样 採樣 | sampling | |
| 罗列 羅列 | to list; to enumerate; (of buildings, objects etc) to be laid out; to be scattered about | |
| 修水利 修水利 | to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc) | |
| 情变 情變 | loss of love; breakup of a relationship | |
| 曾祖 曾祖 | great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) | |
| 弹幕 彈幕 | barrage (military); "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time; danmaku (video game subgenre) | |
| 丈母 丈母 | wife's mother; mother-in-law | |
| 注脚 註腳 | footnote | |
| 文学家 文學家 | writer; man of letters | |
| 渡头 渡頭 | ferry crossing point | |
| 余集 餘集 | complement of a set S (math.); the set of all x not in set S | |
| 续续 續續 | continuous; on and on; running | |
| 唐花 唐花 | hothouse flower (i.e. flower grown in a greenhouse) | |
| 基岩 基岩 | bedrock | |
| 盟国 盟國 | allies; united countries | |
| 浮出 浮出 | to emerge | |
| 永续 永續 | sustainable; perpetual | |
| 建筑群 建築群 | building complex; cluster of buildings | |
| 勾芡 勾芡 | to thicken with cornstarch | |
| 古鲁 古魯 | guru (loanword) | |
| 西端 西端 | western extremity | |
| 绿水青山 綠水青山 | 绿: green; chlorine · 水: water, liquid, lotion, juice · 青: blue, green, black; young · 山: mountain, hill, peak | |
| 包罗 包羅 | to include; to cover; to embrace | |
| 长棍 長棍 | baguette | |
| 取样 取樣 | to take a sample | |
| 独领风骚 獨領風騷 | most outstanding; par excellence | |
| 墓坑 墓坑 | tomb pit | |
| 映入眼帘 映入眼簾 | (idiom) to greet the eye; to come into view | |
| 各取所长 各取所長 | 各: each, individually, every, all · 取: take, receive, obtain; select · 所: place, location; numerary adjunct · 长: long; length; excel in; leader | |
| 交响曲 交響曲 | symphony | |
| 竹制 竹製 | made of bamboo | |
| 试制 試製 | to try out a new product (or manufacturing process); prototype; trial product | |
| 钻头 鑽頭 | drill bit | |
| 纵酒 縱酒 | to drink excessively | |
| 咯噔 咯噔 | (onom.) thump; clunk (e.g. of footsteps or impact); (fig.) a sudden emotional jolt; heart skipping a beat | |
| 发颤 發顫 | to shiver | |
| 书坛 書壇 | the calligraphic community | |
| 好学 好學 | easy to learn | |
| 高科技 高科技 | high tech; high technology | |
| 补考 補考 | to sit for a makeup exam; to resit an exam; makeup exam; resit |