- common sense; general knowledge
- disparaging remarks; unkind things said about sb
- to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
- classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
- masochism; masochist
- trend; tendency; orientation
- hostile; enemy (factions); combative
- to vilify; to slander; vilification
- magpie
- to construct; to build
- lair; nest; den; hideout
- promptly; at once
- to inconsiderately shout
- (bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
- to hear
- fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
- how; what kind
- cowardice; timid
- the tip of a tree; treetop
- cave; cavern
- fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though
- to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
- lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom); fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth; mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
- all of one voice; unanimous
- to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
- to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead
- right and wrong; quarrel
- to discern; to distinguish clearly
- throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]
- to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number); to serve as stopgap
- as to; considering; for
- corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
- (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong
- 梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang
- to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube
- 说道 shūo dào: 说道 shuo1 dao4: to state; to say (the quoted words)说道 shūo dao: 说道 shuo1 dao5: to discuss; reason (behind sth)
- peasant; farmer