Chinese Vocabulary Power (T98-81)
Vocabulary Cards: 25
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- to believe something to be true
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- frigid
- as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman)
- icy manner
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- official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)
- report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state
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- reputation
- trust
- prestige
- credit with the people
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- to discuss sth on its own merits
- to judge the matter as it stands
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- wutong or Paulownia tree (Fermiana platanifolia), a lightweight strong wood used for musical instruments
- Chinese parasol tree
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- to resemble nature itself
- of the highest quality (idiom)
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- to fancy
- to have a preference for
- to choose after consideration
- to settle on
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- (military) Chief of Staff
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- compound prescription (involving several medicines)
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- Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue
- posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
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- equestrianism
- horsemanship
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