- (old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4]
- to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life
- theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- time; era; period of time
- by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated
- sinister; vicious; wicked; evil
- to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
- to win (favors, confidence etc)
- to sympathize with; sympathy
- fool; dolt
- old-fashioned; old type; outdated
- gramophone record; LP; music CD; musical album; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- vinyl
- antique; old relic; (fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey
- (photographic) film
- trumpet; small size (clothes etc); (coll.) a number one; a piss; (humble) our store; alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)
- cello (CL:把[ba3])
- fiddle; violin
- vast; broad; generous; to develop; to enhance
- mountains and rivers; the whole country
- to soak; to permeate; to immerse
- beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc); racket (sports)
- band; orchestra
- Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony
- movement (of a symphony)
- not without
- to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth
- tranquil and calm; indifferent
- to transmit; to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data); to pass on; to republish (an article from another publication)
- steamship; steamer; steamboat; CL:艘[sou1]
- (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall
- chorus; choir
- eighty; 80
- orchestra
- to yearn for; to look forward to
- to return to
- propeller; propulsion unit; thruster
- hum; drone; buzz
- (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured