Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- lazy
- profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
- exultation
- to take a (striding) step
- (sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
- (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
- pain; anguish; suffering
- to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
- 重名 zhòng míng: 重名 zhong4 ming2: renowned; a great name重名 chóng míng: 重名 chong2 ming2: to have the same name
- pen name; pseudonym
- surname and given name; full name
- loudness; volume
- to replace; alternately; in turn
- abnormal; irregular
- more or less
- metropolis; large city; megacity
- 京都 Jīng dū: 京都 Jing1 du1: Kyoto (city in Japan)京都 jīng dū: 京都 jing1 du1: capital (of a country)
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- nineteen; 19
- underworld soldier; ghost soldier
- netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld; Hades
- to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4])
- only
- to cross; to pass through; to ferry
- lights
- ear-splitting
- perimeter wall; fence; CL:道[dao4]
- (photography, filmmaking) to set up the lighting; to illuminate a scene; to polish; to buff; to give luster to (a surface, esp. stone, wood, metal etc)