Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- lotus
- lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom); fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
- memorial tablet
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- place of historic interest; historical site
- unusual condition; something odd; strange shape
- to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- to bewitch; to captivate
- handsome; smart; dashing; elegant
- to fool; to hoodwink; to dupe
- to approach; to lean close to
- black clothes; servant (old); young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4]
- to suffer a defeat; to fail; to fall behind
- to appear; to emerge; to surface
- Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)
- aromatherapy
- to intensify; to speed up; to step up
- heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial
- to replace
- modern man; Homo sapiens
- cards in one's hand; (fig.) undisclosed strength or information; hidden trump
- 阴 yīn: 阴 yin1: overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia阴 Yīn: 阴 Yin1: surname Yin
- to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
- bad smell; foul odor
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
- lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
- grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected
- good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication
- to agree without prior consultation; to happen to hold the same view
- to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than
- to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
- reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪
- position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- autocracy; dictatorship
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair
- younger sister; young woman; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to show results; to be effective
- tip; extremity