Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to send word; to deliver a letter
- net value; net worth
- appearing and disappearing (idiom); intermittently visible
- hard labor (in penal code); coolie
- (Tw) (math.) probability
- annoyed; vexed; upset
- 人大 Rén dà: 人大 Ren2 da4: Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])人大 rén dà: 人大 ren2 da4: people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2 min2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])
- point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- extremely grateful; very thankful
- lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom); fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
- groundbreaking
- to act tactfully; tactful; discreet
- fare meter; taximeter
- to double
- chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music
- (idiom) twisting and turning; (idiom) tricky and complicated
- hesitation; misgivings; doubt
- abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
- maggot
- employee identification card; work permit
- to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
- to put down in writing; to take down notes; transcript; record
- second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
- (chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
- to walk right into the trap
- double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
- ferocious-looking (idiom)
- to meet face-to-face
- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- sleepiness