Vocabulary: 大师的盛宴
- closely; tightly
- 任 rèn: 任 ren4: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)任 Rén: 任 Ren2: surname Ren
- tear; teardrop; CL:滴[di1]
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
- knob (e.g. handle or radio button)
- night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- will; shall; to be going to
- to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
- to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime); to serve
- to revere
- sunset; the setting sun
- brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜[tong2] and zinc 鋅|锌[xin1])
- 色 sè: 色 se4: color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex色 shǎi: 色 shai3: (coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]
- dusky; overcast (of weather)
- (of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue); to hold exploratory discussions
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]
- large strides
- shoulder
- either side; both sides
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
- basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
- basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- to assail the nostrils; acrid; pungent
- fruit
- to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
- sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
- to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
- to dazzle; to inspire awe
- physical labor
- to tire; tired
- to prepare a meal; to cook
- to clean; to sweep
- household duties; housework
- work; (lots of) things to do
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- helper; assistant