思想與社會4

閑話

xiánhuà - to casually discourse upon (genre) (V)

表情達意

biǎoqíngdáyì - to express oneself

縱使

zòngshǐ - despite the fact that (Cong)

後來居上

hòuláijūshàng - something appears later that is better than what there was originally (Vi)

各有千秋

gèyǒuqiānqiū - each has its merits (Vi)

訴之於

sùzhīyú - to appeal to (V)

對方

duìfāng - one's interlocutor, the other side (N)

聽覺

tīngjué - hearing (N)

視覺

shìjué - sight (N)

補助

bǔzhù - to supplement, to subsidize (V)

相似

xiāngsì - similar (Vs)

與其A不如B

rather than A, it would be better B (Conj)

延長

yáncháng - extension (N/V)

變形

biànxíng - metamorphosis (N/Vp)

來得

láide - (comparison particle b4 adj) (adv)

確切

quèqiè - accurate (Vs)

隨著

suízhe - following (Prep)

變遷

biànqiān - gradual change on a grand scale (N/Vp)

自然而然

zìránérrán - natural, it follows naturally that (Adv)

如同

rútóng - similar to (Vst)

細胞

xìbāo - cell (N)

人工的

réngōngde - man-made (Vs-attr)

左右

zǒuyòu - to manipulate, to control (V)

微乎其微

wéihūqíwéi - miniscule, tiny (Vs)

愛斯基摩

Àisījīmó - Eskimo

字眼

zìyǎn - word, expression (N)

阿拉伯

Ālābó - Arab

駱駝

luòtuo - camel

叔父

shúfù - uncle (father's younger bro)

舅父

jiùfù - uncle (mother's brother)

姑父

gūfù - uncle (father's sister's husband)

姨父

yífù - uncle (mother's sister's husband)

應A而B

yìngAérB - in response to A, B

上

shàng - no fewer than (prep)

玉

yù - jade

統制

tǒngzhì - to unify and control (V)

傻

shǎ - silly (Vs)

修訂

xiūdìng - to revise (some kind of text) (V)

商朝

Shāngcháo - The Shang Dynasty

刻

kè - to carve (V)

龜甲

guījiǎ - turtle shell

獸骨

shòugǔ - animal bone

十之七八

shízhīqībā - the better part

象形

xiàngxíng - pictographic (Vs-att)

字體

zìtǐ - form of character, script, font (N)

結構

jiégòu - structure (N)

固定

gùdìng - fixed (Vs)

倒

dào - upside down, backwards (adv)

橫

héng - horizontal (adv)

排列

páiliè - arrangement (N/V)

行

xíng - to go (V)

形成

xíngchéng - to form (Vpt)

階段

jiēduàn - stage (of a process) (N)

日積月累

rìjīyuèlěi - gradual and incremental accumulation

進化

jìnhuà - evolution (to evolve) (N/Vp)

境地

jìngdì - state (N)

一時

yìshí - a short period of time (N)

倉頡

Cāngjié - legendary advisor to the Yellow Emperor credited with inventing Chinese characters

伏羲氏

FúXīShì - legendary Chinese ruler credited with introducing farming, fishing and animal husbandry

八卦

bāguà - the eight trigrams

書契

shūqì - writing, written contract (N)

傳說

chuánshuō - legend (N)

罷了

bàle - merely

周代

Zhōudài - The Zhou Dynasty

逐漸

zhújiàn - gradually (adv)

稱為

chēngwéi - to be called (V)

大篆

dàzhuàn - "greater seal" characters

天下

tiānxià - the realm

小篆

xiǎozhuàn - lesser seal characters

謹嚴

jǐnyán - careful and precise (Vs)

勻稱

yúnchèn - well-proportioned, symmetrical, even (Vs)

書寫

shūxiě - writing (N)

形體

xíngtǐ - form (N) (less rules more aesthetics (形式）

製作

zhìzuò - to make, to design and produce （V)

隸書

lìshū - clerical script

通行

tōngxíng - to be commonly used (Vs)

草書

cǎoshū - cursive script, grass script

書法

shūfǎ - calligraphy

後漢

HòuHàn - Later Han Dynasty

墨

mò - inkstick

紙張

zhǐzhāng - paper

便利

biànlì - convenience (n/Vi)

楷書

kǎishū - regular script

奠定

diàndìng - to establish (V)

正體

zhèngtǐ - standard form

沿用

yányàng - to continue to use (V)

行署

xíngshū - semi-cursive script

氣味

qìwèi - air of (N)

濃厚

nónghòu - strong, thick (Vs)

通用

tōngyòng - to be commonly used (Vi)

六書

liùshū - the Six Writings

指事

zhǐshì - ideograms (上）

會意

huìyì - joined meaning (人言=信)

形聲

xíngshēng - phono-semantic compound, one part indicates sound the other meaning (河)

轉注

zhuǎnzhù - derivative cognates (考 - 老）

假借

jiǎjiè - phonetic loan characters (麥 = 來)

構成

gòuchéng - to construct, to compose (Vpt)

法則

fǎzé - rule (N)

型態

xíngtài - form (for sth. complex like a system) (N)

瑣碎

suǒsuì - trivial matters (Vs) (to describe something with too many parts)