Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all
- not in the least; to completely lack
- new idea
- 冷 lěng: 冷 leng3: cold冷 Lěng: 冷 Leng3: surname Leng
- cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb)
- one time (all the way through); once through
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- however; but; yet
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- didn't expect
- to accept; to take; next; following
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive
- (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose
- lit. old account; old debt; fig. old scores to settle; old quarrels; old grudge
- rather
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- introduction; primer; opening words
- to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation; (of a train service etc) to operate; to run; (of a computer) to run
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- today; the present time; now
- not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
- already at an earlier time
- luck (good or bad)
- no good
- even; so much so that
- to start and finish work
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve
- 出来 chū lái: 出来 chu1 lai2: to come out; to appear; to arise出来 chu lai: 出来 chu5 lai5: (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
- that's all; nothing more
- spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer
- daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- to seep; to ooze; to horrify
- especially; particularly
- to see