Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- swindler; a cheat
- lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine
- 蹬 dèng: 蹬 deng4: used in 蹭蹬[ceng4 deng4]蹬 dēng: 蹬 deng1: to step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [deng4]
- to brush away; to dust off; brush; duster; CL:把[ba3]
- paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- size; height; stature
- forehead
- to scatter; to disperse; to distribute
- glossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness); slick; greasy; oily
- jet-black; dark
- to comb; (bound form) a comb
- ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]); (coll.) the direction of traffic; a rhyme (of a song, poem etc); (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
- line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
- to polish
- to pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
- to trot; to jog
- to accept; to receive
- friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦
- caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious
- to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)
- to disperse (a crowd etc); (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
- bow tie; loop of a necktie; lavaliere
- to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
- Robert (name)
- Browning, US firearm brand
- heel (of a shoe)
- sole (of a shoe)
- higher education
- from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)
- (of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
- to cover
- upper section
- to relax; relaxed; limp; lax
- robust; sturdy
- waist and back; physique