Vocabulary: 宠魅
- explosive; fig. shocking
- to be poisoned
- purified water; to purify water
- horizontal; orthogonal; perpendicular; lateral; crosswise
- half the number; half
- paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- chessboard
- foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn
- left side
- right side
- arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)
- a short time; a little while
- Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
- brain tissue; gray matter; brain; medulla
- to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds); to heal (scars)
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- gall; bile
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- firm; stable and steady
- cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance
- golden-bright and dazzling
- to unscrew; to twist off (a lid); to turn on (a faucet); to switch on (by turning a knob); to turn (a door handle); to wrench apart
- dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth
- strength; vigor; efforts; (music) dynamics
- lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom); fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
- to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh; CL:聲|声[sheng1]