Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- hard fighting; fierce battle
- (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize
- superior quality; high grade; top grade
- to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
- to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
- to avoid evil spirits
- rubbish; waste material; useless person
- (derog.) old fool; old bastard
- to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)
- efficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct
- to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
- heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance
- to discuss; to talk about
- 楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
- see 七星區|七星区[Qi1 xing1 Qu1]
- Great Bear; Big Dipper; Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
- unsure; uncertain; unending
- to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to
- 脉 mò: 脉 mo4: see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]脉 mài: 脉 mai4: arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
- cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well
- to serve; to wait upon
- thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhou1 dao5]
- 解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
- difficult problem
- 树林 shù lín: 树林 shu4 lin2: woods; grove; forest树林 Shù lín: 树林 Shu4 lin2: Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- lush
- wait a moment
- to relax with one's eyes closed
- abundant; plentiful
- treacherous; sinister
- antidote
- to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)