Lesson 10: 西部采风

120 words

WordPinyinDefinition
下榻xià tàto stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)
不意bù yìunexpectedly
不胫而走bù jìng ér zǒuto get round fast
zhòngto hit (the mark)
五颜六色wǔ yán liù sèmulti-colored
五体投地wǔ tǐ tóu dìto prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
bànpartner
布道bù dàosermon
何苦hé kǔwhy bother?
允诺yǔn nuòto promise
先行xiān xíngto precede others
先锋xiān fēngvanguard
列席liè xíto attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate
刹那chà nàan instant (Sanskrit: ksana)
即刻jí kèimmediately
古训gǔ xùnold adage
呢喃ní nán(onom.) twittering of birds
呼吁hū yùto call on (sb to do sth)
啜泣chuò qìto sob
嘀咕dí guto mutter
嘉陵江Jiā líng jiāng
因地制宜yīn dì zhì yí(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
因陋就简yīn lòu jiù jiǎncrude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
执拗zhí niùstubborn
墨脱Mò tuō
失之交臂shī zhī jiāo bìto miss narrowly
奥地利Aò dì lì
娟秀juān xiùbeautiful
字体zì tǐcalligraphic style
存心cún xīndeliberately
定格dìng géto fix
定点dìng diǎnto determine a location
寥落liáo luòsparse
专心致志zhuān xīn zhì zhìwith single-hearted devotion (idiom)
尼泊尔Ní bó ěr
崩溃bēng kuìto collapse
幸而xìng érby good fortune
微微wēi wēislight
思前想后sī qián xiǎng hòuto consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
患者huàn zhěpatient
yùnindignant
成都Chéng dū
拉萨Lā sà
指定zhǐ dìngto appoint
探亲tàn qīnto go home to visit one's family
担保dān bǎoto guarantee
zǎnto collect
敏感mǐn gǎnsensitive
文联Wén lián
xuánto revolve
日喀则Rì kā zé
朝夕zhāo xīmorning and night
果真guǒ zhēnreally
条理tiáo lǐarrangement
标本biāo běnspecimen
歌德Gē dé
正巧zhèng qiǎojust by chance
沾沾自喜zhān zhān zì xǐimmeasurably self-satisfied
泛滥fàn lànto be in flood
混杂hùn záto mix
测算cè suànto take measurements and calculate
滞留zhì liúto detain
làoflooded
濒于bīn yúnear to
灰头土脸huī tóu tǔ liǎnhead and face filthy with grime (idiom)
无拘无束wú jū wú shùfree and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
焕然一新huàn rán yī xīnto look completely new (idiom); brand new
特写tè xiěfeature article
疑惑yí huòto doubt
quélame
百废待兴bǎi fèi dài xīngmany things waiting to be done (idiom)
相识xiāng shíto get to know each other
看望kàn wàngto visit
睥睨bì nìto look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
矜持jīn chíreserved
砝码fǎ mǎstandard weight (used on a balance scale)
sacrifice to drive away calamity
稿纸gǎo zhǐdraft paper
答理dā lito acknowledge
节骨眼jiē gu yǎn(dialect) critical juncture
简明jiǎn míngsimple and clear
绰号chuò hàonickname
纤弱xiān ruòfragile
胡闹hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene
荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief
蕴蓄yùn xùlatent
血压xuè yāblood pressure
行程xíng chéngjourney
衣裳yī shangclothes
西安Xī ān
西藏Xī zàng
西双版纳Xī shuāng bǎn nà
观测guān cèto observe
许可xǔ kěto allow
许愿xǔ yuànto make a wish
zhùto register
诗篇shī piāna poem
谴责qiǎn zéto denounce
变革biàn géto transform
贵州Guì zhōu
较真jiào zhēnserious
辅导员fǔ dǎo yuána coach (teacher or trainer)
轻率qīng shuàicavalier
边境biān jìngfrontier
郑重zhèng zhòngserious
锐利ruì lìsharp
体格tǐ gébodily health
黄海Huáng Hǎi
诗剧shī jùpoetic drama
残丘cán qiūremnant hill
湖泽hú zélakes and marshes
咕叽gū jisound of liquid leaking from a container when pressed
拔脚bá jiǎopull foot
捎脚shāo jiǎosqueeze your feet
沃卡wò kǎValcaa
千岩万壑qiān yán wàn hèthousands of rocks
一通yī tòngsome time
文成公主wén chéng gōng zhǔPrincess Wencheng
羊八井yáng bā jǐngYangbajing
樟木口岸zhāng mù kǒu ànZhangmu port