Chinese Vocabulary Power (S21-1)
Vocabulary Cards: 22
- 1.
- subpoena
- a summons (to the police)
- 2.
- bruise
- scar
- 5.
- lit. night and day difference (idiom)
- as different as sky and earth
- opposite extremes
- a world of difference (between them)
- a far cry from
- 7.
- general
- wide sense
- generalization
- 8.
- to submit a bid
- 9.
- break off diplomatic relations
- 11.
- cover of lamp
- lampshade
- glass cover of oil lamp
- 15.
- copious
- plentiful (of water)
- surging (of waves)
- refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3]
- fig. majestic
- 17.
- to send back
- to return (sth borrowed etc)
- to refund
- to rebate
- 19.
- wallet
- purse
- 20.
- flash bulb (photography)