Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
- down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- forever; eternal
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
- to last; to take (time); period; diachronic
- 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
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
- controversy; dispute; to dispute
- to censure
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer
- to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
- to design; to plan; design; plan
- to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting)
- scholar
- to be really busy; pressing business
- to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software)
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- the outside world; external
- (idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- to leak out; to divulge; to reveal
- mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- broker; middleman; agent; manager
- more or less; roughly; approximately
- 分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component
- part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
- somewhat; to some degree
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- title; heading; headline; caption; subject
- at the same time; meanwhile
- (name) Karl; Carl
- 洛 Lùo: 洛 Luo4: surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)洛 lùo: 洛 luo4: used in transliteration
- (bound form) ladder; stairs
- first draft; to draw up (a first version)
- outline; synopsis; notes
- to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to talk about; to narrate; to give an account