Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable
- (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky); (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
- to hold nothing back; without reservation
- dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color)
- to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own
- critical point; boundary point
- limp; weak
- breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- to go upstairs
- to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax
- drastic; extreme; aggressive
- wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled
- overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
- 挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
- naughty; mischievous; unruly
- itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條|条[tiao2]
- dead atmosphere; lifeless; spiritless
- with a worried frown
- errant
- to treat as; to regard as
- to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction
- 经 jīng: 经 jing1: classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]经 Jīng: 经 Jing1: surname Jing
- to be higher (than the stated amount) by ...
- enmity; hostility
- (idiom) carefree; without worries
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- the prime of one's life
- to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
- (idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
- to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth
- 大爷 dà yé: 大爷 da4 ye2: arrogant idler; self-centered show-off大爷 dà ye: 大爷 da4 ye5: (coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
- to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
- a stretch (of one's body)
- to do what one is told; obedient