Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered
- see 姪子|侄子[zhi2 zi5]
- to browse; to look over (books)
- sinister design; ulterior motive
- fertilized ovum
- sperm cell; spermatozoon
- embryo
- all; entire; complete
- 丧 sāng: 丧 sang1: mourning; funeral; (old) corpse丧 sàng: 丧 sang4: to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events
- reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
- to censure; to reprimand
- 利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li
- in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility)
- deeply grateful
- weak; frail
- (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix; (statistics) population; parent population
- physical capability; stamina
- classifier for affairs, events etc
- to be alive
- plaything; toy
- to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
- to thirst for; to long for
- letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence
- nick; jag; gap; shortfall
- to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- to mend
- last night
- wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
- to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate
- daytime; sun; time
- (bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files; crosspiece (of a table etc); (bound form) (of goods) grade; vendor's open-air stall; (Tw) timeslot for a show or program; classifier for shows; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dang3]