Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy
- the original; original document; master copy
- advertising film; TV commercial
- needless; unnecessary
- disturbance; trouble
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- to dismiss with a laugh; to make light of
- (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
- to do business
- more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
- Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
- atheism
- sweethearts; lovers
- to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
- schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)
- see 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4]
- native place; place of origin; home state or region
- to become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits; full of zest
- art
- (idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over; (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
- to sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer; to audit (a class)
- I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely
- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- public
- formal; official
- unusual; abnormal
- to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
- diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger
- (idiom) innocent and unaffected
- sparse; rare
- to run away; to flee in disarray
- absent-minded; to lose spirit; despondent
- down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
- umbrella; CL:把[ba3]
- 淋 lín: 淋 lin2: to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench淋 lìn: 淋 lin4: to filter; to strain; to drain; gonorrhea; (TCM) strangury
- drenched; wet through
- rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive