Lesson 11: A Start of Democracy (Supplementary)

51 words

WordPinyinDefinition
任命rèn mìngto appoint
作风zuò fēngstyle
保险bǎo xiǎninsurance
克林顿Kè lín dùn
儿童ér tóngchild
公众gōng zhòngpublic
口才kǒu cáieloquence
名声míng shēngreputation
国务卿guó wù qīngSecretary of State
奇才qí cáigenius
奥巴马Aò bā mǎ
始终shǐ zhōngfrom beginning to end
宝座bǎo zuòthrone
对决duì juéconfrontation
jièto arrive at (place or time)
希拉里Xī lā lǐ
形象xíng xiàngimage
惺惺相惜xīng xīng xiāng xīsee 惺惺惜惺惺[xing1 xing1 xi1 xing1 xing1]
成败chéng bàisuccess or failure
提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date
支持zhī chíto be in favor of
政坛zhèng tánpolitical circles
banner
有为yǒu wéipromising
气息qì xībreath
清新Qīng xīnfresh and clean
演讲yǎn jiǎnglecture
热衷rè zhōngto feel strongly about
dēngto scale (a height)
发誓fā shìto vow
相遇xiāng yùto meet
碰撞pèng zhuàngto collide
福利fú lìmaterial benefit
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful
绝佳jué jiāexceptionally good
绯闻fēi wénsex scandal
罕见hǎn jiànrare
耶鲁Yē lǔ
英雄yīng xiónghero
血统xuè tǒngblood relationship
lièto split
评论píng lùnto comment on
yíngto beat
辅助fǔ zhùto assist
shūto lose
连任lián rènto continue in (a political) office
过人guò rénto surpass others
高举gāo jǔto lift up
任满rèn mǎnterm of office expires
实权shí quánreal power
传为佳话chuán wéi jiā huàas is said, as the story goes (pass on-as fine-expression)