Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- still; as before; yet
- to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert
- dear one; to kiss; friendly
- grove
- in front of the door
- 太平 tài píng: 太平 tai4 ping2: peace and security太平 Tài píng: 太平 Tai4 ping2: see 太平區|太平区[Tai4 ping2 Qu1]
- dressed in Western-style clothes; impeccably attired
- (idiom) to pose; to put on airs; Taiwan pr. [ren2 mo2 gou3 yang4]
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- chain
- newly rich; parvenu; upstart
- to allow no explanation
- it seems; it looks as if
- bully; local ruffian
- shameful
- Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦[you1 you1]
- to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
- shifty-eyed; crafty-looking (idiom)
- presentable; decent; up to par
- lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc)
- motorcade; convoy (CL:列[lie4]); fleet of vehicles; racing team (esp. in motor sports or cycling)
- construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
- to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
- not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom); to be provided with the basic necessities
- to sway to and fro; to rock back and forth
- to get rich
- item; project; (sports) event
- smoke point (of a cooking oil)
- specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic
- it doesn't matter
- to convene; to call together
- to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfying; fulfilling
- to call on (people) to gather; to convene
- daybreak