旧小说的社会价值 Flashcards
考证
Kao3Zheng4; textual verification (refers to arduous scholarly work of cross-checking various textual sources to confirm historical fact)
苦刑
Ku3Xing2; torture
折磨
Zhe2Mo2; torture
理解
Li3Jie3; understanding (more reason based than 了解)
感受
gan3Shou4; Feeling, impression
硬 V
Ying4 V; obstinately
强迫
Qiang3Po4; To Force
不可理喻
bu4Ke3Li3Yu4; Won’t listen to reason
优劣
You1Lie4; Quality (goodness/badness)
世道人心
Shi4Dao4Ren2Xin1; The Ways of the World and Public Sentiment
传奇
Chuan2Qi2; A kind of short popular story in the Tang Dynasty, Legend (more miraculous than 传说)
传说
Chuan2Shuo1; a legend (the story kind)
话本
Traditional vernacular short stories; Hua4Ben3
章回小说
Zhang1Hui2Xiao3Shuo1; Type of historical novel in which each chapter starts with a couplet hinting at its contents
杂剧
Za2Ju4; Traditional Chinese Opera Drama of the Yuan Dynasty
弹词
Tan2Ci2; Rhymed Stories sung to musical accompaniment (弹means to play a stringed instrument)
皮黄
pi2huang2; Peking Opera Tunes (西皮and二黄)
起源
Qi3Yuan2; Origin
佛经
Fo2Jing1; Buddhist Sutras
奖善惩恶
Jiang3Shan4Cheng2E4; Reward good deeds and punish bad deeds
说书
Shuo1Shu1; To give a storytelling performance
脚本
Jiao3Ben3; Script
听众
Ting1Zhong4; Audience
浅显
Qian3Xian3; Plain, Easy to Understand
人物
Ren2Wu4; Character
交代
Jiao1Dai4; To explain
包罗万象
Bao1Luo2Wan4Xiang4; all-encompassing
表扬
Biao3Yang2; To praise
忠孝节义
Zhong1Xiao4Jie2Yi4; Loyalty, Filiality, Integrity, and Honor
充满
Chong1Man3; To be full of
报应
Bao4Ying4; One’s Just Deserts, Comeuppance
因果报应
Yin1Guo3Bao4Ying4; Karma, Retribution
劝
Quan4: Urge
行善
Xing2Shan4; To do good deeds
色情
Se4Qing2; Erotic, Pornographic
金瓶梅
Jin1Ping2Mei2; The Plum in the Golden Vase
民众
Min2Zhong4; The masses, the people
公民
Gong1Min2; Here short for the textbook “公民与道德”
效果
Xiao4Guo2; Effect
经书
Jing1Shu1; the classics
正史
Zheng4Shi3; The orthodox version of history
少之又少
Shao3Zhi1You4Shao3; Very, Very few
伦理
Lun2Li3; Ethics
理学
Li3Xue2; Neo-Confucianism
分子
Fen4Zi; -ist, tsia, etc.: 知识分子
呆板
Dai1Ban3; Stiff
近乎
Jin4Hu1; Almost, Little short of (V)
公式
Gong1Shi4; Formula, 公式话 (Formulaic)
独到之处
Du2Dao4Zhi1Chu4; Something unique to offer
地点
Di4Dian3; Place
顺序
Shun4Xu4; Order, Sequence
平铺直叙
Ping2Pu1Zhi2Xu4; Flat, to speak or write in an overly straightforward, dull, flat, boring style
没头没脑
Mei2Tou2Mei2Nao3; Without rhyme or reason
半路中杀出一个程咬金来
Ban4Lu4Zhong1Sha1Chu1Yi1Ge Cheng2Yao3Jin1Lai2; Someone appears inexpectedly
令
Ling4; To cause, to make
突兀
Tu2Wu4; Abrupt
不仅
Bu4Jin3; not only
心思
Xin1Si1; Thought
造型
Zao4Xing2; Model
挖空心思
Wa1Kong1 Xin1Si1; To wrack one’s Brains
愧色
Kui4Se4 (N); Shameful (expression); 毫无愧色 = shameless
平剧
Ping2Ju4; Peking Opera
脸谱
Lian3Pu3; Types of facial makeup for traditional Chinese Opera
模棱两可
Mo2Leng2Liang3Ke3; Ambivalent
人格
Ren2Ge2; Personality (psychology use)
对比
Dui4Bi3; Contrast, to contrast
强烈
Qiang2Lie4
是非
Shi4Fei1; Right and Wrong
正义
Zheng4Yi4; Justice
取材
Qu3Cai2; Material inspiration, theme; (to draw from….as a source material)
独创
Du2Chuang4; To create (something original or all one’s own)
独创心意
Du2Chuang4Xin1Yi4; to create something new
一 V 再 V
Yi1…Zai4… ; to V over and over again
演义
Yan3Yi4; Historical novel
三国演义
San1Guo2Yan3Yi4; Romance of the three kingdoms
衡量
Heng2Liang2; To judge, to weigh various factors), to measure
罗贯中
Luo2Guan4Zhong1; Believed to be teh author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, lived around Yuan and Ming
施耐庵
Shi1Nai4An1; Believed to be author of Water Margin, Yuan and Ming time period
抄袭
Chao1Xi2; To plagiarize
嫌疑
Xian2Yi2; suspicion, 有。。。的嫌疑=to be suspected of
集体
Ji2Ti3; Collective
创作
Chuang4Zuo4; N. , a work or creation (literary, musical, creative, etc)
遗产
Yi2Chan3; Heritage, Legacy
大众
Da4Zhong4; the Masses
熟悉
Shu2Xi1 (Shou2Xi1); Familiar
共鸣
Gong4Ming2; Resonance, Sympathy
见解
Jian4Jie3; Opinion, View
不谋而合
Bu4Mou2Er2He2; To coincide
与我心有戚戚焉
Yu2Wo3Xin1You3Qi1Qi1Yan1; “This resonates with me” (an opinion, film, song, etc)
团圆
Tuan2Yuan2; To come together (satisfying ending where all major characters of a story reappear)
结局
Jie2Ju2; Ending
善有善报,恶有恶报,不是不报,时候未到
Good begets Good, Bad Begets Bad, It’s not that it isn’t coming, It’s that the Time hasn’t Come Yet”; Shan4You3Shan4Bao4, E4You3E4Bao4, Bu2Shi4Bu2Bao4, Shi2Hou4Wei4Dao4
得意
De2Yi4; Full of Oneself
到头来
In the End (When things end up coming full circle); Dao4Tou2Lai2
伸张
Shen1Zhang1 (V); to uphold
荣华富贵
Rong2Hua2Fu4Gui4; Honor, Glory, Wealth, and High Status
指导
Zhi3Dao3; To give guidance on, to guide, direct
作风
Zuo4Feng1; Style (of doing things)
清廉主义
qing1lian2zhu3yi4; anti-corruptionism
建设性
Jian4She4Xing4; Constructiveness
安定
an1ding4; to stabilize
微不足道
Wei2Bu4Zu2Dao4; So small as to not merit attention
乡长
Xian4Zhang3; county magistrate (head)
备而不用
Bei4Er2Bu2Yong4; To have something prepared just in case
世代
Shi4Dai4; Generation (世世代代=gen after gen)
官司
guan1si; law suit
打官司
da3guan1si; to bring a lawsuit
约束
Yue1Shu4; to restrain. to restrict, discipline (not in punishment sense)
宗法
zong1fa3; clan system
崇高
chong2gao1; Lofty
精忠岳转
Jing1Zhong1Yue4Zhuan4; a biographical novel about Yue Fei, a Song Dynasty military leader
车夫
Che1Fu1; Cart Pusher, Driver (of a rickshaw or carriage)
狠狠地
Violently, vigorously, with a great deal of intensity; Hen3Hen3de
秦桧
Qin2Gui4; a Song dynasty chancellor generally despised for killing Yue Fei
老子
Lao3Zi (N) “your daddy” (means father, can be used to refer to oneself when angry for a man)
掉头
Diao4Tou2; to turn around
空闲
Kong4Xian2; idle, free
无形中
Wu2Xing2Zhong1; imperceptibly
真凭实据
Zhen1Ping2Shi2Ju4; irrefutable evidence
捏
Nie1; to hold. (To squeeze with the fingers, to grasp)
赖账
Lai4Zhang4; to refuse to pay back a debt
凭
Ping2; based on
债
Zhai4; debt
债主
Zhai4Zhu3; creditor
去世
Qu4Shi4; to pass away
还清
Huan2Qing1; to clear (a debt).
亲人
Qin1Ren2; Relative
变牛变马
Bian4Niu2Bian4Ma3; (to repay karmic debt by) becoming a beast of burden
流寇
Liu2Kou4; Roving bandit
官府
Guan1Fu3; local authorities (in ancient China)
压迫
Ya1Po4; to oppress
造反
Zao4Fan3; to rise up in rebellion
称号
Cheng1Hao4; Title
蓝本
Lan2Ben3; blueprint
义和团
Yi4He2Tuan2; the boxers
运动
Yun4Dong4; movement
没落
Mo4Luo4; to decline, to become no longer important, powerful, or current
收藏
Shou1Cang2; to hold (as a collection, by museums, libraries)
市面
Shi4Mian4; the Market (as in “on the market”)
武侠小说
Wu3Xia2Xiao3Shuo1; martial arts fantasy novels
取代
Qu3Dai4; to replace
确实
Que4Shi2; indeed, really
探讨
Tan4Tao3; to explore (and discuss a research topic, issue)
体裁
Ti3Cai2; genre
即使
Ji2Shi3; even though