Chinese Vocabulary Power (S99-65)
Vocabulary Cards: 21
- 1.
- end of the century
- 2.
- soldiers at the city walls (idiom)
- fig. at a critical juncture
- 4.
- funerary mat
- fig. to serve as scape-goat
- to act as fall guy for sb else's misdemeanors
- 5.
- substantial
- substantive
- considerable
- material
- 7.
- try to locate sth by following up a clue
- 9.
- magnificent
- inspiring
- 10.
- ashamed and unable to show one's face
- 11.
- crust
- carapace
- outer shell
- 12.
- pavilion in the air (idiom)
- unrealistic Utopian construction
- castles in Spain
- imaginary future plans
- 13.
- delicate
- fine
- 14.
- enigmatic
- unfathomable
- beyond one's depth
- 16.
- to cross (the wide ocean)
- 17.
- closing ceremony
- 19.
- cloudy day
- overcast sky