Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
- explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
- to peck
- one's eyes; eyeball
- obese; bloated; swollen (style); (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed
- complexion
- tortoise; cuckold
- gluttonous; greedy
- lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
- heroic spirit; heroism
- comparable
- reputation
- (literary) greedy; gluttonous
- cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- (idiom) all directions; all around
- ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)
- grand contest
- Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet; saga (i.e. heroic tale)
- totem (loanword)
- good name; good reputation
- to be renowned
- specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]; professional
- air; manner; model; paragon; demeanor
- to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)
- to use fully; to put to use
- surgeon; as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nei4 ke1 yi1 sheng1], who works primarily by administering drugs
- to resolve; to decompose; to break down
- figure; bodily form
- elegant; graceful
- appropriate; suitable
- beef
- wise and virtuous woman; lady
- to evaluate; to assess
- type; kind; category; (computer programming) type
- vulture; (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
- 骨 gū: 骨 gu1: used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]; used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]; used in 骨朵[gu1 duo5]骨 gǔ: 骨 gu3: bone