Vocabulary: 订书匠
- lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom); fig. to prepare to attack; to be getting ready for battle
- to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- distant; remote
- to follow; to adhere to; to abide by
- not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige
- to do everything one can; to spare no effort; to strive
- oil paints; lacquer; to paint; CL:層|层[ceng2]
- insect; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],堆[dui1]
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- to gallop; to rush headlong
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- obese; bloated; swollen (style); (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed
- hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback
- horse rider; equestrian; jockey; bike rider
- all; each and every; in all cases
- 匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: (bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair; classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]); classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: classifier for cloth: bolt
- tall; lofty; towering
- incomparable; matchless
- to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element
- child; CL:個|个[ge4]
- woman
- to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway; (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
- to see clearly
- they; them (females)
- plain; open country
- on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to
- the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- to encourage
- 号 háo: 号 hao2: (bound form) to wail; to howl号 hào: 号 hao4: (literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
- plaintive; mournful; miserable
- to advance; to step forward
- to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
- lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 哄 hǒng: 哄 hong3: to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)哄 hōng: 哄 hong1: roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)哄 hòng: 哄 hong4: tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance
- to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- doll (of Western appearance)