Chinese Vocabulary Power (S29-9)
Vocabulary Cards: 18
- 1.
- to cross swords
- to have a confrontation (with sb)
- 2.
- sign
- omen
- portent
- 3.
- lit. ten thousand mile horse
- fine steed
- 5.
- fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
- 6.
- arc lamp
- 8.
- to repair in a rush
- urgent repairs
- 9.
- storm
- rainstorm
- tempest
- 10.
- dumplings or wonton in broth
- 12.
- all one's life
- lifetime
- 13.
- minerals
- 14.
- to rack one's brains
- 15.
- to become exhilarated (idiom)
- full of zest
- in high spirits
- 16.
- in disorder
- deranged (mentally)
- 17.
- rational and clearly structured (of text)
- written to follow a line of argument