Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to ruin; to spoil; to break
- orderly; neat; even; tidy
- (textiles, papermaking etc) raw edge; rough edge
- thick; substantial; sturdy; solid
- dense
- eyeball; (fig.) attention
- loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble
- to collapse (of building); to topple over
- ruins
- to stagger along
- (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]
- with bare hands; unarmed; fighting hand-to-hand; freehand (drawing)
- to wipe clean
- to chatter; to hog the conversation
- to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are
- 疏散 shū sǎn: 疏散 shu1 san3: idle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]疏散 shū sàn: 疏散 shu1 san4: to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse
- mass; multitude; the masses
- dried meat
- to wipe dry
- to shake off; to get rid of
- pupil of the eye
- (coll.) to scold; to rebuke
- beast; wild animal
- 歪 wāi: 歪 wai1: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side歪 wǎi: 歪 wai3: to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
- not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
- 把手 bǎ shou: 把手 ba3 shou5: handle; grip; knob把手 bǎ shǒu: 把手 ba3 shou3: to shake hands
- to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant; residue
- 卡 kǎ: 卡 ka3: to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette卡 qiǎ: 卡 qia3: to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]
- (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other
- thin; light; flagging; faint
- to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
- will die for sure; to be a goner
- fine (texture); meticulous; careful; detailed
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)