Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- to peel off
- cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
- ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
- termite; white ant
- scar; traces
- lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- moss; lichen
- 累累 lěi lěi: 累累 lei3 lei3: again and again; innumerable; repeated; riddled with; accumulated累累 léi léi: 累累 lei2 lei2: (literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of; (literary) gaunt; haggard; wretched; Taiwan pr. [lei3 lei3]
- homesickness; nostalgia
- pitfall; snare; trap
- to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook
- grieved; full of sorrow
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
- twin brothers
- to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
- face to face
- to look in the mirror
- to resemble one another; to be alike; similar
- to hold a welcoming dinner or reception
- absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
- spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
- a full mouth of (sth tangible); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc); (to agree etc) unreservedly
- tooth decay; dental caries; decayed tooth; rotten tooth
- (of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring; (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
- still remains; still exists; still has
- to fall down
- nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
- to manage; to handle
- a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
- fraction; slightest difference; hairsbreadth
- corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption
- body odor; to appreciate a subtle taste
- (literary) embarrassed; bashful
- many times; on more than one occasion
- to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)
- desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate
- coastland; coastal areas
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- physical body
- to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal