Vocabulary
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| 生硬 生硬 | stiff; harsh | |
| 精妙 精妙 | exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) | |
| 勤快 勤快 | diligent; hardworking | |
| 年迈 年邁 | old; aged | |
| 声势 聲勢 | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum | |
| 屡次 屢次 | repeatedly; time and again | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 供奉 供奉 | to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) | |
| 一概 一概 | all; without any exceptions; categorically | |
| 独身 獨身 | unmarried; single | |
| 出任 出任 | to take up a post; to start in a new job | |
| 倔 倔 | used in 倔强 | |
| 猖狂 猖狂 | savage; furious | |
| 刁难 刁難 | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diāo nán] | |
| 叮嘱 叮囑 | to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again | |
| 刺骨 刺骨 | piercing; cutting; bone-chilling; penetrating (cold) | |
| 算盘 算盤 | abacus; plan; scheme | |
| 意料之外 意料之外 | (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected | |
| 威望 威望 | prestige | |
| 时隔 時隔 | separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) | |
| 送别 送別 | to farewell | |
| 文雅 文雅 | elegant; refined | |
| 统筹 統籌 | an overall plan; to plan an entire project as a whole | |
| 本分 本分 | (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 吃苦 吃苦 | to bear hardships | |
| 请柬 請柬 | invitation card; written invitation | |
| 过半 過半 | over fifty percent; more than half | |
| 告状 告狀 | to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit | |
| 相传 相傳 | to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend | |
| 不平 不平 | uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied | |
| 日前 日前 | the other day; a few days ago | |
| 谈起 談起 | to mention; to speak of; to talk about | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 投奔 投奔 | to seek shelter; to seek asylum | |
| 喜事 喜事 | happy occasion; wedding | |
| 忌讳 忌諱 | taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 怨气 怨氣 | grievance; resentment; complaint | |
| 顺应 順應 | to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to | |
| 品行 品行 | behavior; moral conduct | |
| 波折 波折 | twists and turns | |
| 火候 火候 | heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment | |
| 条理 條理 | arrangement; order; tidiness | |
| 比试 比試 | to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring | |
| 来年 來年 | next year; the coming year | |
| 气馁 氣餒 | to be discouraged | |
| 招揽 招攬 | to attract (customers); to drum up (trade) | |
| 纵观 縱觀 | to survey comprehensively; an overall survey | |
| 遭殃 遭殃 | to suffer a calamity |