Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
- neatly; tidy
- lattice; check (pattern of squares)
- to separate
- bacterium; germ
- each other; mutually; mutual
- to infect; contagious
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- to learn a skill or art
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- to love ardently; to adore
- affirmative sentence
- professionalism; specialization
- a good while; a long time
- before that; beforehand; previously
- household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
- nonsense; ridiculous talk; hogwash
- 嘛 má: 嘛 ma2: used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what?嘛 ma: 嘛 ma5: modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
- lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom); fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
- cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)
- goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]
- never (in the past); never did
- (exclamation); to hiccup
- to scratch; to thwart; to yield
- to omit; to dispense with; to make unnecesary; to save (time, trouble etc)
- desiccated corpse; mummified body
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- to hemorrhage; (fig.) to make a huge loss (in selling sth); to spend a huge sum
- to cause; to result in
- microscope; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to be able to see; can see
- (to) really (be)
- to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection
- delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
- every kind; manifold; extremely
- to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4])
- 保安 Bǎo ān: 保安 Bao3 an1: Bonan ethnic group保安 bǎo ān: 保安 bao3 an1: to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard
- floor; story (of a building)
- to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation