FSI Set 04 Flashcards

Question

际遇[際遇] jìyù

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luck ② fate ③ opportunity ④ the ups and downs of life

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family-run shop

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over the household

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persistent ② stubborn

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to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving

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vicious circle

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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)

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plot ② circumstances

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horseradish ② wasabi ③ green mustard

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Artemisia japonica ② luxuriant

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Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences

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the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861

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Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动

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to strive for self-improvement

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Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动

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to apply Chinese studies in the West (idiom)

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Heian period (794-1192), period of Japanese history ruled by Kyoto imperial court

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alienation

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to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity

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surreptitious ② sneaky

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sunshine ② CL:線|线[xian4]

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derogatory sense ② negative connotation

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commendatory ② commendatory term ③ positive connotation

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to pick up girls (esp. Beijing slang) ② to play around (with ladies) ③ to chase after (sexual partners)

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ham-handed ② restless and uneasy ③ too familiar or offhanded (esp. toward women) (idiom)

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the masses ② the great bulk of the population

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flared trousers ② bell-bottomed pants

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three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day

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Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician

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firm ② steady ③ staunch ④ resolute

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Kennedy (name) ② J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963

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Snow White

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Tsing Hua or Qinghua University, Beijing ② National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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claustrophobia

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owl ② (fig.) night owl

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pretension ② affectation ③ putting on artificial airs

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chrysanthemum

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equivalent to ② appropriate ③ considerably ④ to a certain extent ⑤ fairly

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to consult ② to talk over ③ to discuss

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cloth ② material

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printed cloth ② calico

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a cut above others ② elite (idiom)

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to exercise forbearance ② patient and accommodating

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injure ② harm

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harm ② to damage ③ to injure ④ to infringe

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baby ② small child ③ doll

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Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)

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Legalist school of philosophy in pre-Han times, including Shang Yang 商鞅 and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子

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evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds ② sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)

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Virtue has its reward, evil its retribution

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Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time

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agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable

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a miscarriage ② an abortion ③ to abort (an action)

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to induce an abortion ② induced abortion

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polypeptide chain

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peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

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colon (large intestine)

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IQ (intelligence quotient)

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emotional quotient (EQ) ② emotional IQ ③ abbr. for 情緒商數|情绪商数[qing2 xu4 shang1 shu4]

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quotient (math.)

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texture ② background (texture) ③ grain ④ quality ⑤ character ⑥ disposition

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taste ② texture (of food) ③ how food feels in the mouth

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Li Ruihuan

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Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution

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reaction ② reactionary

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to shoulder (a burden) ② to bear ③ to suffer (a disadvantage)

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to negate ② negative (answer) ③ CL:個|个[ge4]

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Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution

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Lei Feng (1940-1962), young communist killed in an accident in 1962, used as a model in one of Mao's campaigns from 1963

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the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)

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Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)

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Red Guards (during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)

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to lift up ② to hold high

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the Long March

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(N) Shaoshan (city in Hunan)

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(honorific) your respected opinion ② What do you think, your majesty?

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chief ② head

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capitalist-roader ② person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution

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rebel ② revolt

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partisan ② political party related

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party meeting

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Zhongnanhai, to the West of the Forbidden City, now the Communist Party headquarters

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revisionism

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to combat and prevent revisionism (PRC) (idiom)

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to criticize revisionism and rectify trends (PRC) (idiom)

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ornamental ② refined

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fisherman ② to fish

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to disillusion ② disillusionment ③ vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc)

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unlimited ② unbounded

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Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan

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nursing home

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filial piety

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(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age

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to raise children without educating them (idiom)

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thyroid gland

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to speculate in stocks

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devoted ② fidelity ③ loyal ④ loyalty

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documentary movie or TV program

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flexible ② nimble ③ agile

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great effort ② to strain (oneself)

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general matters ② division of general affairs ③ person in overall charge

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yuppie (transl.) ② young urban professional, 1980s slang

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to bounce ② to bounce back ③ to boomerang ④ to ricochet ⑤ rebound (of stock market etc) ⑥ bounce ⑦ backlash ⑧ negative repercussions ⑨ see also 反彈|反弹[fan3 tan2]

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to appreciate one's good fortune

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blessings ② wish well

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to take care of ② to show consideration ③ to attend to ④ to look after

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children ② sons and daughters

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modal particle indicating indicating grudging or reluctant agreement ② modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way

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mistress ② second wife ③ lover

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car bumper ② spoiler ③ fender

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castration

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Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) ② abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体

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external ② outside ③ outward appearance

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dowry (money given by the bride's family to the groom)

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propose marriage

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ineptitude can be remedied by diligence (idiom)

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lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities

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artificial respiration (medicine)

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dialysis (separation of crystalloids by osmosis)

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in disguised form ② covert

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internal organs

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gluttonous ② glutton

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trouble ② disturbance ③ rumpus ④ flirty ⑤ coquettish ⑥ abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] ⑦ literary writings ⑧ smell of urine ⑨ foul smell ⑩ male (animal) (topolect)

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literati (idiom)

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a loose woman ② a \*\*\*\*

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witness ② testimony

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profound ② deep ③ deep-going

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esteemed guest ② honored guest

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cave ② mountain peak

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melancholy ② depression

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to express emotion

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moral character

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first ② original ③ primitive ④ original (document etc)

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to approve of ② to endorse ③ (vote) in favor