Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to evaluate; to assess
- miserable; tragic
- to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method
- cannot be justified; inexcusable
- sorrow; grief
- one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features
- (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
- bitter resentment; rancor
- to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- daily; (soup etc) of the day
- to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission
- 泡 pào: 泡 pao4: bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions泡 pāo: 泡 pao1: puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces
- unpleasant; hard to take
- 东北 dōng běi: 东北 dong1 bei3: northeast东北 Dōng běi: 东北 Dong1 bei3: Northeast China; Manchuria
- imperial palace
- intermediary; vehicle; vector; medium; media
- to bury; buried; interred
- (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
- 煞气 shā qì: 煞气 sha1 qi4: to vent one's anger on (an innocent party); to take it out on (sb)煞气 shà qì: 煞气 sha4 qi4: baleful look; inauspicious influence; (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air
- penetrating
- gate to enlightment (Buddhism); Buddhism; way; method; (old) south gate of a palace
- to select a suitable site; site; location
- feng shui; geomancy
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- supreme; paramount; unsurpassed
- to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey
- the earth
- dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect)
- rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense
- (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]
- inadvertently; unintentionally
- 琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
- abundant; ample; plenty; abundance
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need