Vocabulary: 地心游记
- (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on
- (idiom) bustling with many people
- sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
- golden; gold (color)
- drizzle (of rain or snow)
- to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc); to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes); to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
- 洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]
- clean; neat
- 亲 qīn: 亲 qin1: parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear亲 qìng: 亲 qing4: parents-in-law of one's offspring
- intimate
- familiar; intimate; to approach
- to welcome; to greet
- nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods
- pitch of voice (high or low); pitch (of a musical note); tone
- to inconsiderately shout
- to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- concert; CL:場|场[chang3]
- to come in
- 喂 wéi: 喂 wei2: hello (when answering the phone)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: to feed
- 省事 shěng shì: 省事 sheng3 shi4: to simplify matters; to save trouble省事 xǐng shì: 省事 xing3 shi4: perceptive; understanding; (archaic) to handle administrative work
- to rarely have; rare
- moss; lichen
- nutrition; nourishment; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence); to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
- the day before (an event)
- unhurried; all in good time
- (to act) on one's own initiative
- hostess; mistress
- to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
- in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name
- human pyramid
- little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp
- luck (good or bad)
- to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
- silent; still; quiet; to mourn in silence; to observe silence; (neologism, attested by 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic
- habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative