Vocabulary: 鄙视
- to portray
- condition; state; state of affairs
- intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition
- divine right (of kings)
- might; formidable power
- Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- deep valley
- superfluous; unnecessary; surplus
- fingertip; finger
- vague and general; not specific; shallow; empty
- to meditate; meditation
- spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom); fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
- hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- pool; pond
- the bottom of a body of water
- bubble; blister (in metal); (of beverages) sparkling; carbonated
- to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- water surface
- silly; stupid
- to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices
- bookshelf; CL:個|个[ge4]
- books; works
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- useless
- night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
- Cook (name); Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer
- general; popular; everywhere; universal
- (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
- ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- keenly felt pain; bitter anguish
- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing
- 大门 Dà mén: 大门 Da4 men2: the Doors, US rock band大门 dà mén: 大门 da4 men2: entrance; door; gate; large and influential family
- (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- overhead; above
- hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- packet
- 重重 chóng chóng: 重重 chong2 chong2: layer upon layer; one after another重重 zhòng zhòng: 重重 zhong4 zhong4: heavily; severely