Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
- grieved; sorrowful
- law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
- to stake all on one throw
- (banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue); (old) to draw one's wage in advance; (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc); to damage a natural resource through overuse
- punishment equipment; torture instrument
- first of all; in the first place
- active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
- wretched (esp. appearance); vulgar
- crown of the head
- to capture alive
- wound; injury; trauma
- to gather; to collect; to harvest
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fresh and delicious; tasty
- to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
- everything
- debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
- openly and without fear; brazenly
- to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
- culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food
- to gather; to collect
- at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc); (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land
- to hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places
- (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse
- secret signal; password; countersign
- secretive; furtive; surreptitious
- to infiltrate; to sneak into
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
- (bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
- (idiom) softhearted; merciful
- (idiom) (to disappear) without a trace
- too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable