Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to be on all-night duty; to be on night watch; to keep a vigil
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
- 埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- 公道 gōng dào: 公道 gong1 dao4: justice; fairness; public highway公道 gōng dao: 公道 gong1 dao5: fair; equitable
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
- to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
- (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off
- tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard
- time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
- to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
- to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- 地道 dì dào: 地道 di4 dao4: tunnel; causeway地道 dì dao: 地道 di4 dao5: authentic; genuine; proper
- it is reasonable to say that...
- sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided
- 相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- age (number of years old)
- the male sex; a male
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin
- teacup; tea-glass; cup; mug; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to emerge
- water surface
- to guard; to watch over
- to be bound to; to be sure to
- (adjective) other
- to patrol
- staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- safe; secure; safety; security
- matters; arrangements
- to be located at; to be situated in
- urban district; downtown; city center
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- not very; not particularly
- treatment; pay; salary; status; rank
- to catch fire
- playground; sports field; drill ground; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect