Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- instantaneous
- to wash off
- Chongqing municipality (short name 渝[Yu2])
- to look for a partner
- to visit a grave
- soon; at an early date; the early days; the past
- 厂 hǎn: 厂 han3: "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc厂 chǎng: 厂 chang3: factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- brave; courageous
- to bow; (literary) to bend down
- fate; destiny
- complaint
- the world of the living
- to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
- to leave without saying good-bye
- lit. execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom); fig. to act first and report later; to take action without prior approval
- content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- base of operations
- to reply; to write back; letter written in reply; CL:封[feng1]
- selfish; selfishness
- to rehearse; rehearsal
- symbol; mark; sign
- excessive
- meat
- to be in the majority
- an experienced person; sb who has "been around (the block)"; sb who has personally experienced it
- wonderful; marvelous; brilliant
- lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up; fig. determined to sort out a problem
- to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
- convention; usual practice
- youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); CL:根[gen1]; slick and sly person
- see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances; to play it by ear; to use one's discretion
- firstly, ...
- exposed; appearing on the outside
- hateful
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- fence; railing; hurdle; column or box (of text or other data)
- 靖 Jìng: 靖 Jing4: surname Jing靖 jìng: 靖 jing4: (bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
- hostage