Chinese Vocabulary Power (S98-19)
Vocabulary Cards: 18
- 1.
- trick
- skill
- scheme
- ruse
- stratagem
- trickery
- ploy
- tactic
- gimmick
- also written 技倆|技俩
- 2.
- to fall in love with
- to admire whole-heartedly
- 3.
- chaotic
- plethora of things to tackle
- multitude of loose ends
- very complicated
- 4.
- onomat. chirp
- buzzing
- to chatter continuously
- 7.
- electrocardiogram
- 9.
- lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom)
- fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life
- to have great hopes for one's offspring
- to give one's child the best education as a career investment
- 10.
- mercury-vapor lamp
- 11.
- bottomless pit
- 13.
- systematic
- 14.
- vise
- pincer pliers
- 16.
- at a dead end
- no way out (idiom)
- at an impasse
- 18.
- to curry favor
- toadying for personal gain
- to drill a way through to fame and profit