Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- dream; illusion; reverie
- happily
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- to long for; to look forward to
- criss-crossed (idiom)
- yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
- to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party
- to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
- propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice trip!
- to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
- appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- fancy suiting
- suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)
- intonation; tone of voice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- ability; competence
- 本色 běn shǎi: 本色 ben3 shai3: natural color本色 běn sè: 本色 ben3 se4: inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities
- character
- pure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest
- short and small; low and small; undersized
- a little bit; slightly
- weak; frail; thin; flimsy
- slow
- to chat with a low voice
- cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
- to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
- fingernail
- half-moon; fortnight
- to prune; to trim
- young child; infant; preschooler
- royal family; royal household
- eight
- 当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year
- lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom); fig. poverty-stricken
- (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
- the press; journalistic circles; the journalists
- setting sun