Vocabulary
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| 考据 考據 | textual criticism | |
| 高耸 高聳 | erect; towering; to stand tall | |
| 同堂 同堂 | to live under the same roof (of different generations) | |
| 农耕 農耕 | farming; agriculture | |
| 大族 大族 | large and influential family; clan | |
| 晚清 晚清 | the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China | |
| 家谱 家譜 | genealogy; family tree | |
| 套印 套印 | color printing using several overlaid images | |
| 蕴含 蘊含 | to contain; to accumulate | |
| 印记 印記 | imprint; trace | |
| 侍郎 侍郎 | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) | |
| 祖辈 祖輩 | ancestors; forefathers; ancestry | |
| 笔墨 筆墨 | pen and ink; words; writing | |
| 赏识 賞識 | to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation | |
| 形制 形制 | form; shape; structure; design | |
| 催生 催生 | to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor; to expedite childbirth; (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence | |
| 匾额 匾額 | a horizontal inscribed board | |
| 当铺 當鋪 | pawnshop | |
| 余年 餘年 | one's remaining years | |
| 兴衰 興衰 | prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall | |
| 市镇 市鎮 | small town | |
| 家训 家訓 | instructions to one's children; family precepts | |
| 勾勒 勾勒 | to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of | |
| 巍峨 巍峨 | lofty; towering; majestic | |
| 迷雾 迷霧 | dense fog; fig. completely misleading | |
| 沃土 沃土 | fertile land | |
| 木料 木料 | lumber; timber | |
| 天井 天井 | courtyard; atrium; opening in a roof; skylight; caisson ceiling; (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 | |
| 收藏家 收藏家 | a collector (e.g. of artworks) | |
| 尊崇 尊崇 | to revere; to admire; to honor; to venerate | |
| 外销 外銷 | to export; to sell abroad | |
| 斑驳 斑駁 | mottled; motley | |
| 赴美 赴美 | to go to the United States | |
| 播撒 播撒 | to sow; to scatter | |
| 格物 格物 | to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing | |
| 画稿 畫稿 | rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it | |
| 地理学 地理學 | geography | |
| 理学家 理學家 | scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism | |
| 水利工程 水利工程 | hydraulic engineering | |
| 远景 遠景 | scenery in the distance; long-term prospects; (photography) long shot | |
| 化作 化作 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 招来 招來 | to attract; to incur | |
| 明理 明理 | sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning | |
| 魂魄 魂魄 | soul | |
| 宛如 宛如 | to be just like | |
| 涉险 涉險 | to take risks; involved in adventure | |
| 聪颖 聰穎 | smart; intelligent | |
| 辞官 辭官 | to resign a government post | |
| 如期 如期 | as scheduled; on time; punctual | |
| 大凡 大凡 | generally; in general |