Chinese Vocabulary Power (T97-32)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- abbr. for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 5.
- having same given name and family name
- 6.
- to change one’s mind (idiom)
- 7.
- the British Empire
- 8.
- a (judicial) trial (in a courtroom)
- 10.
- to injure
- 12.
- Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
- 14.
- to plea for leniency
- to ask for a favor
- 15.
- to be missing
- to miss
- to leak out
- to leave out
- to omit
- to be omitted
- to slip through
- to seep away
- 16.
- can't help it
- can't bear it
- 17.
- transient
- fleeting
- 21.
- CL:家[jia1]
- teahouse
- 22.
- lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom)
- fig. a strong start but weak finish
- 24.
- sense of responsibility
- 26.
- silver currency
- currency of the Qing dynasty based on the silver tael 兩|两
- 28.
- the man of the moment (idiom)
- a prominent personality