Chinese Vocabulary Power (T99-43)
Vocabulary Cards: 28
- 1.
- Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
- 2.
- clever and eloquent (idiom)
- fluent
- having the gift of the gab
- 5.
- morning glory
- 6.
- Taishō, reign name 1912-1926 of Japanese emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁
- 9.
- midair
- 10.
- to write (an article for publication)
- 14.
- insignificant
- 15.
- boy
- male child
- 16.
- Fukushima prefecture in north Japan
- 20.
- Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player
- 21.
- wilderness
- a rank growth of grass
- uncultivated land
- 23.
- the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
- to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
- 24.
- administrative law
- 25.
- to hide
- to vanish
- to cover one's traces
- 27.
- to return home
- fig. to retire from public life
- 28.
- outmoded conventions
- old-fashioned ways