Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- sky
- countless changes; constant permutation
- violet (color)
- streetlight
- upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- light ray; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)
- lantern
- cold air; a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
- (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
- all over; from head to foot
- to have a high temperature; feverish; unable to think calmly; to emit heat
- to echo; to reverberate; to respond; echo; response; reaction
- muddy; mud
- alley
- from childhood; from a young age
- field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
- 小子 xiǎo zi: 小子 xiao3 zi5: (coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow小子 xiǎo zǐ: 小子 xiao3 zi3: (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
- pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
- damp; moist
- back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor
- stench
- dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- unpleasant smell; stink
- groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer
- or; either one or the other
- to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- harness
- sweet-sounding; beautiful (of sound)
- window
- to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)
- region; area
- to illuminate; to light up; lighting
- father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
- (lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]
- to enter; to step into
- in front of the door
- steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
- to call out (a name etc); to shout
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
- 转 zhuǎn: 转 zhuan3: to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)转 zhuǎi: 转 zhuai3: see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]转 zhuàn: 转 zhuan4: to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
- to return home
- have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4]
- footstep; step