Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- 过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- to avenge; vengeance
- current situation
- to penetrate; to see through
- to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
- 结果 jié gǔo: 结果 jie2 guo3: outcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch结果 jiē gǔo: 结果 jie1 guo3: to bear fruit
- to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
- to divine using the eight trigrams
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- 龙凤 Lóng fèng: 龙凤 Long2 feng4: see 龍鳳區|龙凤区[Long2 feng4 Qu1]龙凤 lóng fèng: 龙凤 long2 feng4: dragon and phoenix
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- longan fruit; dragon eye fruit; Dimocarpus longan (botany); CL:粒[li4]
- fifth
- lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
- 方丈 Fāng zhang: 方丈 Fang1 zhang5: one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals方丈 fāng zhang: 方丈 fang1 zhang5: square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate
- underground passage; underpass
- to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
- leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
- to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
- to flee; to go into exile
- bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
- black market
- disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness; CL:場|场[chang2]
- fat person; fatty
- material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- each; respective; apiece
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- to imprison; to lock up (in jail)
- to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge
- to fall into a trap; to be taken in
- contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory
- private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique
- doctor; medical practitioner
- instrument; apparatus; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)