Vocabulary: 都柏林人
- street
- to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- nasal sound
- a tune; a melody; accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language); tone (manner of expression); elegance; refinement
- song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- turmoil; upheaval; unrest
- calmly; without qualms; free from worry; safe and sound
- from time to time
- (idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
- teardrop; tears
- 涌 chōng: 涌 chong1: (used in place names)涌 yǒng: 涌 yong3: to bubble up; to rush forth
- chest
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- perplexed; at a loss
- to adore; to admire
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- harp
- to be just like
- to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc)
- string (of a stringed instrument)
- pitch-black
- rainy night
- broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- raindrop
- fine rain; drizzle; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
- needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- drenched; wet through
- 花坛 Huā tán: 花坛 Hua1 tan2: Huatan Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan花坛 huā tán: 花坛 hua1 tan2: decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape
- to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate
- to rejoice; to be glad
- not able to see clearly
- nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- closely; tightly
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- to mumble to oneself
- romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]