Lesson 9: Chinese Architecture in Transition (Part 2)

68 words

WordPinyinDefinition
上述shàng shùaforementioned
人类rén lèihumanity
共存gòng cúnto coexist
别具一格bié jù yī géhaving a unique or distinctive style
北斗Běi dǒu
协调xié tiáoto coordinate
原则yuán zéprinciple
堪忧kān yōuworrying
外壳wài kéenvelope
梦想mèng xiǎng(fig.) to dream of
大典dà diǎnceremony
太和殿Tài hé diàn
fèngto offer (tribute)
孕育yùn yùto be pregnant
Gōngsurname Gong
寄托jì tuōto entrust (to sb)
宝石bǎo shíprecious stone
尖锐jiān ruìsharp
巴黎Bā lí
建材jiàn cáibuilding materials
形状xíng zhuàngform
打破dǎ pòto break
批评pī píngto criticize
招标zhāo biāoto invite bids
摇篮yáo láncradle
bǎito arrange
改口gǎi kǒuto change one's tune
攻击gōng jīto attack
整体zhěng tǐwhole entity
方案fāng ànplan
明孝陵Míng xiào líng
村落cūn luòvillage
概念gài niànconcept
模仿mó fǎngto imitate
毁掉huǐ diàoto destroy
活力huó lìenergy
无独有偶wú dú yǒu ǒunot alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence
争议zhēng yìcontroversy
玻璃bō liglass
理念lǐ niànidea
瑞士Ruì shì
生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings)
卢浮宫Lú fú gōng
目标mù biāotarget
等级děng jígrade
grain
zhōngend
经典jīng diǎnthe classics
美誉měi yùfame
考验kǎo yànto test
spine
举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
融合róng héa mixture
装饰zhuāng shìto decorate
贝聿铭Bèi Yù míng
费用fèi yòngcost
走兽zǒu shòu(four-footed) animal
跨越kuà yuèto step across
迎接yíng jiēto meet
迥异jiǒng yìtotally different
遭到zāo dàoto suffer
金字塔jīn zì tǎpyramid (building or structure)
灵魂líng húnsoul
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
体现tǐ xiànto embody
戗脊qiàng jǐridgepole
交相辉映jiāo xiāng huī yìngset each other off, add to each other’s glory (intersect-mutual reflect)
评委会píng wěi huìevaluation committee