Vocabulary: 都市异闻录

• guàgua4卦x1 | Book Rank #16407divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
• bì zhǒngbi4 zhong3币种x1 | Book Rank #16408currency
• suàn fǎsuan4 fa3算法x1 | Book Rank #16409arithmetic; algorithm; method of calculation
• bù suàn shùbu4 suan4 shu4不算数x1 | Book Rank #16410
• zhèng fǎn miànzheng4 fan3 mian4正反面x1 | Book Rank #16411
• yuán yuán běn běnyuan2 yuan2 ben3 ben3原原本本x1 | Book Rank #16412from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal
• bǎi nián bù yùbai3 nian2 bu4 yu4百年不遇x1 | Book Rank #16413only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
• kǎn kěkan3 ke3坎坷x2 | Book Rank #11239(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
• suàn mìng xiān shengsuan4 ming4 xian1 sheng5算命先生x1 | Book Rank #16414fortune-teller
• wù dǎowu4 dao3误导x3 | Book Rank #8882to mislead; to misguide; misleading
• suàn mìng rénsuan4 ming4 ren2算命人x1 | Book Rank #16415
• yí niàn zhī jiānyi2 nian4 zhi1 jian1一念之间x1 | Book Rank #16416
• gùi réngui4 ren2贵人x6 | Book Rank #5824nobility; person of high rank
• hé móuhe2 mou2合谋x1 | Book Rank #16417to conspire; to plot together
• rú chūru2 chu1如初x1 | Book Rank #16418as before; as ever
• rǎorao3扰x1 | Book Rank #16419to disturb
• fēi shēngfei1 sheng1飞升x1 | Book Rank #16420to fly upwards; (fig.) to rise; to increase; (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
• mù qián wéi zhǐmu4 qian2 wei2 zhi3目前为止x2 | Book Rank #11240
• wǔ lìwu3 li4武力x1 | Book Rank #16421military force
• sān pīsan1 pi1三批x1 | Book Rank #16422
• xǔ kěxu3 ke3许可x2 | Book Rank #11241to allow; to permit
• duǎn qīduan3 qi1短期x2 | Book Rank #11242short-term
• fàng shǒufang4 shou3放手x3 | Book Rank #8883to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand
• shōu yìshou1 yi4收益x3 | Book Rank #8884earnings; profit
• yù sù zé bù dáyu4 su4 ze2 bu4 da2欲速则不达x1 | Book Rank #16423(idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed
• gēng xīngeng1 xin1更新x1 | Book Rank #16424to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate
• bù yìbu4 yi4不易x4 | Book Rank #7495not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
• qiān yǐnqian1 yin3牵引x6 | Book Rank #5825to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
• chà kǒucha4 kou3岔口x1 | Book Rank #16425junction; fork in road
• wēi jī gǎnwei1 ji1 gan3危机感x3 | Book Rank #8885sense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability (often actively cultivated to spur preparedness or action)
• sì gēnsi4 gen1四根x1 | Book Rank #16426
• Fèng huáng, fèng huángFeng4 huang2, feng4 huang2凤凰x2 | Book Rank #11243凤凰 Fèng huáng: 凤凰 Feng4 huang2: see 鳳凰縣|凤凰县[Feng4 huang2 Xian4]凤凰 fèng huáng: 凤凰 feng4 huang2: phoenix
• měi yī jiànmei3 yi1 jian4每一件x3 | Book Rank #8886
• xuán jīxuan2 ji1玄机x6 | Book Rank #5826profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
• tīng bù chū láiting1 bu4 chu1 lai2听不出来x1 | Book Rank #16427
• shí bǎnshi2 ban3石板x12 | Book Rank #3747slab; flagstone; slate
• shēng jiàng jīsheng1 jiang4 ji1升降机x1 | Book Rank #16428aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift; elevator
• Shí zhù, shí zhùShi2 zhu4, shi2 zhu4石柱x7 | Book Rank #5283石柱 Shí zhù: 石柱 Shi2 zhu4: Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]石柱 shí zhù: 石柱 shi2 zhu4: stela; upright stone; obelisk
• zhàn shǎng qùzhan4 shang3 qu4站上去x1 | Book Rank #16429
• hǎi shì shèn lóuhai3 shi4 shen4 lou2海市蜃楼x1 | Book Rank #16430(idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage
• fā chóufa1 chou2发愁x1 | Book Rank #16431to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad
• mō shàng láimo1 shang4 lai2摸上来x1 | Book Rank #16432
• zhúo rèzhuo2 re4灼热x1 | Book Rank #16433burning hot; scorching
• lěng rèleng3 re4冷热x1 | Book Rank #16434
• xiāng qiànxiang1 qian4镶嵌x2 | Book Rank #11244to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation
• lóng tóulong2 tou2龙头x1 | Book Rank #16435faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang); (referring to a company) leader; front-runner; figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2 chuan2]
• zhuǎn yǎnzhuan3 yan3转眼x2 | Book Rank #11245in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance
• líng hún shēn chùling2 hun2 shen1 chu4灵魂深处x3 | Book Rank #8887in the depth of one's soul
• zhuāng yánzhuang1 yan2庄严x1 | Book Rank #16436solemn; dignified; stately
• wēi shèwei1 she4威慑x1 | Book Rank #16437to deter