Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to gain; to get; to acquire
- manual; handbook
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- influence; impact
- to conflict; to contradict
- who's this big shot?
- weak point; fault; shortcoming; disadvantage; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
- reason; cause
- (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]
- brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss
- to handle affairs; to deal with matters
- to leave home (to live somewhere else)
- in a quiet voice; softly; (linguistics) neutral tone
- in front of; in the presence of
- small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
- to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
- lunch; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- cauliflower
- to cry out in alarm or surprise
- 色 shǎi: 色 shai3: (coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]色 sè: 色 se4: color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- chowhound; foodie; a good-for-nothing
- entire; whole (fish, road etc)
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to spread widely
- rumor; hearsay
- to employ; to hire
- to visit (as a customer)
- to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
- to adopt confrontational posture; to meet head-on; to compete
- to save money
- bus; abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]
- relations with other people
- to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened
- to follow; to follow up