Vocabulary: 宠魅
- eaves; ledge or brim
- 查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
- stronghold; defended military base; base for operations; strategic point; foothold; (market) presence
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)
- erect; towering; to stand tall
- interesting; to interest
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- to compete; to contend; to struggle
- to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
- large-scale Chinese opera; Beijing opera; major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
- to exclaim in astonishment
- a treasure; a rare and valuable thing
- (of a bomb) powerful; (of news) impactful; significant; (of fabric) heavy-duty
- great; important; major; significant
- supreme; paramount; above all else
- rich merchant
- to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4])
- 重头 zhòng tóu: 重头 zhong4 tou2: main; most important; essential; important part重头 chóng tóu: 重头 chong2 tou2: anew; from the beginning; (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
- to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
- sound of the wind; rumor; talk; news; reputation
- 价 jiè: 价 jie4: (literary) messenger; servant价 jià: 价 jia4: price; value; (chemistry) valence价 jie: 价 jie5: particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective; (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- not to fight back; to take it lying down; to show weakness; to show one's softer side
- amount; number
- to be in operation; to do business; (of train, bus etc) to be in service; operation; service
- (idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
- to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up
- self-protection; to defend oneself
- to be determined to; to insist on
- to oppose; to be against; to object to
- daughter
- male fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
- quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect