Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- (coll.) promising; likely to turn out well
- lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways
- origin; source
- 创 chuāng: 创 chuang1: (bound form) a wound; to wound创 chuàng: 创 chuang4: to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
- to speak frankly; frank; open; blunt
- to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
- assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)
- airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship; CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4]
- lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs
- (idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep
- masterpiece
- clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying
- abacus; CL:把[ba3]; plan; scheme
- to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
- earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
- reckless; extremely daring
- (of food) raw or cold
- to mediate; to broker a compromise
- to be in a hurry
- phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person
- pageant; distinguished meeting
- foreigner
- former days; the past
- (idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- python; boa
- bee; honeybee; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- attractive; alluring; captivating
- experienced; with ample experience
- to go hunting