Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
- graceful; elegant; to drift; to float
- (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- very likely; prone to
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- 识 zhì: 识 zhi4: to record; to write a footnote识 shí: 识 shi2: to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom); pleasing; delightful
- correct; right; not bad; pretty good
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- title; heading; headline; caption; subject
- follow-up; (dialect) to remarry
- a little
- hackneyed; well-worn (phrase etc); same old story; stereotypical fashion
- at the present time; currently
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- true or bogus; authenticity
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- government; official (approved or issued by an authority)
- to confirm (sth to be true); to verify
- according to reports; it is reported (that)
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion; controversy
- Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
- to set off; to start (on a journey)
- the next day; on alternate days
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- a series of; a string of
- peculiar; unusual; queer
- phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance
- horror (movie); thriller
- so far; to this day; until now
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- famous; well-known
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo
- (great) majority