Vocabulary: 订书匠
- semi-solid fat-based substance; (medicine) ointment
- frostbite; chilblains
- to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
- swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial)
- in order; in succession
- hinge
- to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
- dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision
- to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
- face to face
- bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
- back (of a human or other vertebrate)
- the location below sth; afterwards
- dull gray; drab; murky
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- to remove
- what kind?; what sort?
- morbid or abnormal state
- to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
- to live one's life; to make a living
- blankly; vacantly; at a loss
- can't help; cannot but
- numb; insensitive; apathetic
- to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later
- to chew; to think over
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- place; seat
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- correct; sound; right; proper
- palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
- to carve; to engrave; carving
- 扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")扎 zhá: 扎 zha2: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]扎 zā: 扎 za1: to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; Taiwan pr. [zha2]
- to injure; injury; wound
- to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
- woodcut