Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 抢 qiǎng: 抢 qiang3: to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch抢 qiāng: 抢 qiang1: (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 怕 Pà: 怕 Pa4: surname Pa怕 pà: 怕 pa4: to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- surname Peng
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 津 Jīn: 津 Jin1: abbr. for Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]津 jīn: 津 jin1: saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)
- Haidian, a district of Beijing
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- every day
- 坐 zùo: 坐 zuo4: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit坐 Zùo: 坐 Zuo4: surname Zuo
- to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- publishing house
- to edit; to compile; editor; compiler
- we; us; ourselves; our
- main; principal; major; primary
- deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- large and small; of all sizes
- incident; event
- (idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
- these
- hard to distinguish real from imitation
- finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- 东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- recently; soon; nearest
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])