Chinese Vocabulary Power (S29-18)
Vocabulary Cards: 20
- 1.
- half-way line
- median line
- 2.
- inconsistent
- old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius)
- modern: to go back on one's word
- to fail to keep a promise
- to contradict oneself
- 3.
- senator
- 5.
- lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom)
- to take appropriate steps
- fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
- 8.
- attack and occupy
- 10.
- to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave)
- to linger on
- 12.
- to shine
- shiny
- 14.
- total
- overall amount
- 15.
- steam
- vapor
- 16.
- to defend the crown (in sports championship)
- 17.
- to shield from the sun
- 19.
- wind direction
- the way the wind blows
- fig. trend
- direction of events
- how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself)
- public opinion (concerning one's actions)
- publicity (usually derog.)
- limelight
- 20.
- suddenly
- abruptly