Vocabulary: 地心游记
- honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- to declare to be untrue; to deny
- not inferior in any respect
- to give; to impose; to apply
- to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
- this kind of
- jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful)
- evil or wicked conduct
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- kneecap; patella
- Sparta
- 忒 tè: 忒 te4: to err; to change忒 tēi: 忒 tei1: (dialect) too; very; also pr. [tui1]
- precious stone
- to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
- treatise; study
- 菲 fēi: 菲 fei1: luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10菲 Fēi: 菲 Fei1: abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]菲 fěi: 菲 fei3: poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- sandpit; battleground; battlefield
- Gaul
- intruder
- Thimphu, capital of Bhutan
- manual; handbook
- positive and negative; pros and cons; inside and outside
- contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
- 康 kāng: 康 kang1: healthy; peaceful; abundant康 Kāng: 康 Kang1: surname Kang
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- Adam
- 著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
- chronic illness; old weakness; chronic problem
- (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by 在[zai4] and followed by 之下[zhi1 xia4])
- complicated; complex
- to roar with laughter; hoots of laughter; guffaw
- to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed