Vocabulary
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| 扫墓 掃墓 | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) | |
| 酒楼 酒樓 | restaurant | |
| 质朴 質樸 | simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy | |
| 陡峭 陡峭 | precipitous | |
| 一揽子 一攬子 | all-inclusive; undiscriminating | |
| 乐谱 樂譜 | a musical score; sheet music | |
| 波涛 波濤 | great waves; billows | |
| 历代 歷代 | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties | |
| 要领 要領 | main aspects; essentials; gist | |
| 商贩 商販 | trader; peddler | |
| 文人 文人 | scholar; literati | |
| 一晃 一晃 | (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash | |
| 照例 照例 | as a rule; as usual; usually | |
| 一系列 一系列 | a series of; a string of | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 精妙 精妙 | exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) | |
| 声势 聲勢 | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum | |
| 出任 出任 | to take up a post; to start in a new job | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 送别 送別 | to farewell | |
| 由来 由來 | origin | |
| 相传 相傳 | to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend | |
| 谈起 談起 | to mention; to speak of; to talk about | |
| 瓜子 瓜子 | melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack | |
| 火候 火候 | heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment | |
| 卖弄 賣弄 | to show off; to make a display of | |
| 奔赴 奔赴 | to rush to; to hurry to | |
| 上火 上火 | to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) | |
| 自理 自理 | to take care of oneself; to provide for oneself | |
| 沧桑 滄桑 | great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 | |
| 常态 常態 | normal state | |
| 窘迫 窘迫 | poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 荆棘 荊棘 | thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth | |
| 诬陷 誣陷 | to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb | |
| 芬芳 芬芳 | perfume; fragrant | |
| 情怀 情懷 | feelings; mood | |
| 流转 流轉 | to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital) | |
| 抱负 抱負 | aspiration; ambition | |
| 僧人 僧人 | monk | |
| 推算 推算 | to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation) | |
| 境遇 境遇 | circumstance | |
| 风气 風氣 | general mood; atmosphere; common practice | |
| 务实 務實 | pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues | |
| 久违 久違 | (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met | |
| 当即 當即 | at once; on the spot | |
| 牢骚 牢騷 | discontent; complaint; to complain | |
| 愈演愈烈 愈演愈烈 | ever more critical; problems get more and more intense | |
| 才干 才幹 | ability; competence | |
| 审美 審美 | esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste |