Vocabulary: 灯塔船
- to rapidly go up in the world; meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
- even now; until now; right up to the present
- to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
- extremely
- to shock; to astonish
- conditioned reflex
- arm; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]
- right hand; right-hand side
- chin
- left hand; left-hand side
- back of the head
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- to throw down; to fall; to drop and break
- to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing
- to kneel
- to close securely; tightly closed; secure
- teardrop; tears
- dull; lifeless; sluggish
- cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference; neglect
- artificial eye; glass eye
- step one; first step
- to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; CL:次[ci4]
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- since; as; this being the case
- lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail
- to squat down; to crouch
- to resist; to press against; to brace
- 曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- pointed end; tip; (medicine) oxycephaly
- to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
- handle
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- tottering; on the verge of collapse
- to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
- painter; CL:個|个[ge4]