Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- root; source; origin
- 妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife
- to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!
- Daoist temple
- abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe
- to evolve from
- to be away from home; to live away from one's family
- dividing line
- to serve as the norm; ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
- soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) to live together in harmony
- to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
- (of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制[bian1 zhi4], with full benefits and job security
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- grandpa; old gentleman
- to win (favors, confidence etc)
- cannot be used; must not (do sth); unacceptable
- court-martial; military tribunal
- to bully; to push around
- reputation
- guilt
- medicinal herb
- native person (of a country)
- herbal medicine
- (idiom) half true and half false
- guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
- 牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu
- 陆 Lù: 陆 Lu4: surname Lu陆 lìu: 陆 liu4: six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)陆 lù: 陆 lu4: (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
- to send back
- originally; at first; at the outset
- ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- height (of person); length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
- explosive power (in athletics, music, dance etc); dynamic intensity
- (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump); (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level)
- domestic animal; brute; bastard