Chinese Vocabulary Power (S99-24)
Vocabulary Cards: 20
- 1.
- to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom)
- hoist by his own petard
- enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 2.
- creditor country
- 3.
- sweeping
- 4.
- atomizer
- spray
- nebulizer
- 7.
- failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898
- also known as the hundred days reform 百日維新|百日维新
- 9.
- to start on sth new and different (idiom)
- to display originality
- 10.
- meek
- docile
- 11.
- Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story)
- separated lovers
- Altair and Vega (stars)
- 14.
- to strive unremittingly
- self-improvement
- 15.
- external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom)
- to say what one means
- to think and act as one
- 16.
- alarm bell
- 17.
- to dodge a creditor
- 18.
- to inflict heavy losses
- to inflict serious damage
- 19.
- throwing the hammer (athletics event)