Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad
- (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to
- without destruction there can be no construction
- chairs and tables; household furniture
- to boss people around (idiom)
- remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- gorgeous; magnificent
- light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
- 庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
- storeroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to do a body search; to frisk
- private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
- servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force
- recess; notch; groove; fillister
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- equipment; material
- can't touch; can't reach; (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
- to indicate; to point out
- lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted
- to remain unconscious
- to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution
- a general or admiral
- air; manner; model; paragon; demeanor
- wide; open (spaces); to open up
- person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
- mournful (sound)
- severity (of the case); degree of seriousness; whether sth is slight or serious
- to throw a punch
- to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it
- inferior; disadvantaged
- commander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur
- root of tooth
- slack; lazy; remiss
- to draw (a competition); to fight to a standstill
- to keep the law; to protect Buddha's teachings; protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
- semi-manufactured goods; semifinished articles; semifinished products
- to live one's life; to make a living
- part; local
- electrical insulation; heat insulation
- to wash the face