Vocabulary: 灯塔船
- dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- horizontal; orthogonal; perpendicular; lateral; crosswise
- to brand (cattle etc); brand; (fig.) to leave a lasting mark; to stigmatize; mark; stamp; stigma
- to fill up
- cream; butter; (coll.) effeminate
- spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
- several hundred
- pink
- thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc)
- 转头 zhuǎn tóu: 转头 zhuan3 tou2: to turn one's head; to change direction; U-turn; volte face; to repent转头 zhuàn tóu: 转头 zhuan4 tou2: nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
- to look around
- to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold
- soap; CL:塊|块[kuai4],條|条[tiao2]
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- or; either one or the other
- empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
- beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated
- wealth; riches
- weight; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to cause sth to collapse under the weight; (fig.) to overwhelm
- similar; analogous
- circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- stair; staircase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]
- in total there are ...; to own jointly
- 背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back
- to laugh happily; a belly-laugh
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- to return home
- tin; can; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (mechanical) bearing
- name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- North Point district of Hong Kong
- 裁缝 cái feng: 裁缝 cai2 feng5: tailor; dressmaker裁缝 cái féng: 裁缝 cai2 feng2: to make an item of clothing; to tailor
- to blow up; to destroy with explosives
- darning; to darn
- in a word; in short; in brief
- spoils of war