Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- riches and honor
- pharmacology
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc; quack medicine; sham goods
- 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)
- extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful
- instant noodles; (Tw) pirated software
- to provide full board
- 黑子 hēi zǐ: 黑子 hei1 zi3: black piece (in Chinese chess); black stone (in Go); (astronomy) sunspot黑子 hēi zi: 黑子 hei1 zi5: (slang) hater; detractor
- chess skill
- 臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)
- to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
- (idiom) to take office; to assume a post
- student; schoolchild
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- summer vacation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term
- to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist
- to go to school; to attend school
- kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- noodles
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- 工夫 gōng fu: 工夫 gong1 fu5: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort工夫 gōng fū: 工夫 gong1 fu1: (old) laborer
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- 台子 tái zi: 台子 tai2 zi5: desk; (pool etc) table台子 tái zi: 台子 tai2 zi5: platform; stand
- odd; bizarre
- (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- phase; time interval; paragraph; (written) passage
- premium; award money; bonus
- shortage of money
- adequate; sufficient; enough
- down payment
- imperial capital
- to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
- contented; pleased with one's position
- 悠闲 yōu xián: 悠闲 you1 xian2: leisurely悠闲 yōu xián: 悠闲 you1 xian2: leisurely; carefree; relaxed