Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- to dash (run fast); to rush; to dart
- to whip on; to raise a whip; by ext. to swagger
- to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
- 嘎啦 gā la: 嘎啦 ga1 la5: (onom.) rumbling; rattling嘎啦 gá la: 嘎啦 ga2 la5: to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin)
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- russet; reddish brown
- red-orange color; dark orange
- to listen (respectfully)
- to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
- vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely
- to catch; to seize; to capture
- to raise one's head
- width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- song lyric; lyrics
- melancholy
- dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral
- to moisten; to dampen; to be steeped in; to be imbued with
- skin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship
- 哇 wā: 哇 wa1: Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting哇 wa: 哇 wa5: replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
- to be fascinated; to be enchanted
- harmless
- a pack of lies (idiom)
- 哑 yǎ: 哑 ya3: mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud哑 yā: 哑 ya1: (onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk
- crow; raven
- muffler; scarf
- in the newspaper
- snowscape
- (sealed) tightly; (wrapped) closely; (covered) completely
- to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
- lintel; crossbeam
- to blush; to redden; flushed
- to well up; to boil out; to bubble forth; to spurt
- joyful; cheerful; delighted; joy; delight
- used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus