Vocabulary: 大师的盛宴
- milestone
- to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)
- to banter; to crack jokes; to ridicule
- brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy; brushwork; style of drawing or writing
- Egypt
- to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion
- closely linked with one another; interlocked; to interrelate
- historical fact
- abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe
- the Renaissance
- to experience adventures
- novella
- business; professional work; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- beneficiary
- to convert (between currencies)
- honeybee; (fig.) industrious person (esp. one who shuttles back and forth); voice booster (microphone headset with a wearable speaker)
- not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name
- (idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
- to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
- mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die; (fig.) death
- (tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat
- valuable; costly; expensive
- to pay in advance; prepaid
- to promise to keep sth in good repair; guarantee; warranty
- to videotape
- a built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet
- good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication
- as usual
- to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined
- housefly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- female servant; maid
- writing desk
- empty shell
- to break even; to guarantee a minimum (salary etc)
- words and actions; what one says and what one does
- brim full; completely packed