Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to write a letter
- to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass
- to enjoy oneself to the full; to one's heart's content
- Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
- reliable
- cannot get; cannot obtain
- unhelpful; useless
- degree of credibility; reliability
- widow
- amidst the clouds and mist; (fig.) mystified; puzzled
- to commit a crime; crime; offense
- (coll.) to take (sth) as …; to treat as …; to assume; to act as if …; Taiwan pr. [zhi3dang1]
- to deposit money; to save money
- to envelop; to wrap; to enclose
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- silkworm chrysalis; silkworm pupa
- knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- disabled person
- evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy)
- sullen
- spider
- to degenerate; atrophy
- satisfied; pleased; contented
- to spread; to disperse; to disseminate
- the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
- (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
- viscous; thick and sticky
- to be purely; pure and simple; sheer; outright
- barbecue; to roast
- type; form; pattern; style
- (idiom) to avoid mentioning
- to work extra hours; to do overtime
- silkworm
- (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
- natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
- to call for help