Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- local
- extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
- wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- (coll.) large bus; coach; (abbr. for 大型巴士)
- to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
- to toss about in bed; from person to person; indirectly; to wander
- see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
- to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment
- store; shop
- greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism, attested by 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar
- remarkable; outstanding
- all the more; increasingly
- Six Dynasties (220-589)
- ancient capital
- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- margin; leeway
- to open a business; to open a practice; open (for business)
- deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation
- lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); fig. completely deserted
- to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
- customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
- to look straight at
- to be in operation; to do business; (of train, bus etc) to be in service; operation; service
- to pay; to spend money; to fork out
- visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- to make a loss
- 支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- herbal plaster applied to a wound
- booth; vendor's stall; (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations
- to play chess
- to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)
- chessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation
- white Go chess piece; bee pupa; albino
- to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to assemble (a party of persons); to rope in (some people)
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- called; named
- spirited horse
- style of dress; one's appearance