Chinese Vocabulary Power (T30-36)
Vocabulary Cards: 21
- 1.
- China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
- 2.
- conservative faction
- 3.
- (military) branch of the armed forces
- 6.
- geologist
- 7.
- hemmed in on both sides
- 8.
- Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
- surname Franklin
- 9.
- lit. a banquet with no empty seats
- full house
- capacity crowd
- standing room only
- 10.
- to call
- to impel
- to rally
- to move and inspire
- inspiration (e.g. divine inspiration)
- 13.
- Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of the first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武, founder of the Ming dynasty (1328-1398, reigned as emperor fro
- usually known by his posthumous title Ming Taizu 明太祖
- 14.
- lit. ashes burn once more (idiom)
- fig. sb lost returns to have influence
- sth malevolent returns to haunt one
- 16.
- to return without any achievement (idiom)
- to go home with one's tail between one's legs
- 18.
- imperial palace