Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- (idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions
- to call out (a name etc); to shout
- to be mistreated; to be bullied
- to reduce; to decrease; to diminish
- to suffer; fig. reluctantly
- the staff of a Buddhist monk
- simple and honest; unsophisticated; (music etc) deep and resounding
- powerful; forceful; vigorous
- (literary) the vast sky; (finance) eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term
- bloodthirsty; bloodsucking; hemophile
- my country; our country
- penetrating; thorough; incisive
- lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly
- benevolent; charitable
- to learn through experience; experience; practiced; experienced
- steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
- single; alone; individually; an odd one
- lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue
- to melt; to thaw; to defrost; fig. to relax (repression, enmity etc)
- will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
- turning point; breaking point
- to joke; to laugh insincerely; to make merry; to talk irrelevantly
- to discipline sb; to punish; disciplinary action; to deal with (a matter); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to evade; to shirk
- to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer
- thwarted; obstructed; setback
- (Tw) (computing) database
- to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout
- pitch-dark
- department; administrative division; unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
- shackles; fetters; manacle
- repercussions; reaction; echo
- to fall out with sb; to become hostile
- manacles; handcuffs
- to depose (a king)
- to implement; to carry out
- as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
- in disguised form; covert
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- absolutely safe; surefire; thorough
- going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)