Vocabulary: 宠魅
- second son
- whole sky
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
- 折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
- terror; terrified; afraid; frightened
- to train; to breed
- to despise; to have contempt for
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]
- to retrieve; to redeem
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- to shout (slogans etc)
- 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)
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- face; prestige
- to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself
- high-end
- as before; still; to remain the same
- to retreat
- to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
- length and width; size; dimensions
- to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- to slow down; to retard
- to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- combat; to fight
- to block; to obstruct; to intercept; to interdict
- the way one is following; outlet
- to forgive easily; to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
- providence; the Will of Heaven
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- to come across (sb); to run into
- false; hypocritical; artificial; sham