Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- swiftly moving; fleet; to sway
- meticulous; careful; attentive
- sewer
- to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
- accomplishment; success; achievement; CL:個|个[ge4]; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about
- to repair; to renovate
- to be at a loss for words; speechless
- At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]
- (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
- role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
- (of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
- to report (to one's superior)
- to report on completion of a mission; debriefing
- strict law; cruel punishment; to carry out cruel law rigorously
- to extort a confession
- custom-made; made-to-order; to have sth custom made
- to submit; to give in
- to change sides in a war; turncoat
- 沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten
- gap (between two objects); interval of time (between events); opening in one's schedule; free time; (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
- to comprehend (the nature of things etc); to achieve enlightenment
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal
- to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- see 龍門縣|龙门县[Long2 men2 Xian4]; see 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1]; see 龍門山|龙门山[Long2 men2 Shan1]; Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
- a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely
- most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
- police on trains; train marshal
- hair
- (coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
- 哟 yō: 哟 yo1: Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. [yao1]哟 yo: 哟 yo5: (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation); (syllable filler in a song)
- public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
- to hinder; to obstruct
- dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
- gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter
- selfishness; selfish motives
- to air-dry; to season (timber etc); air-dried; air-drying
- to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
- category
- final conclusion; accepted argument
- police cordon; alert level
- the wider world; diverse aspects of society
- epidermis; cuticle