Vocabulary: 安徒生童话
- upper class; high society
- gentleman
- servant
- to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device)
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- to commend; to praise
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- 笼子 lǒng zi: 笼子 long3 zi5: large box; trunk; chest笼子 lóng zi: 笼子 long2 zi5: cage; basket; container
- nightingale
- situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue
- in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- to drill; to practice
- picky; fussy
- to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry
- lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
- order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
- sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval
- to disturb; to create confusion; to make a din
- (female) maid
- to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
- suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
- weight; (fig.) importance
- to glint; to glitter; to sparkle; to radiate
- to get married
- (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman)
- a member (of an organization)
- to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)
- brightly lit
- biscuit; cracker; cookie; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- to issue; to grant; to distribute
- mass; multitude; the masses
- Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty
- whistle
- firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; CL:枚[mei2]
- bazooka; rocket launcher