Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
- traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3]
- slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
- other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half
- sea; ocean
- to do at all costs; to make an all-out effort
- at the same time; simultaneously
- to dilute
- iron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
- opposite bank (of a body of water)
- 左 zǔo: 左 zuo3: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite左 Zǔo: 左 Zuo3: surname Zuo
- brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles
- 张扬 zhāng yáng: 张扬 zhang1 yang2: to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public; to spread around; flamboyant; brash张扬 Zhāng Yáng: 张扬 Zhang1 Yang2: Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter
- sore spot; place that hurts
- to include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc); to record; to employ; to recruit
- to halt; to stop; to go no farther
- to defend; defensive; defense
- stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
- apology; regret
- middle finger
- to lose touch with; missing; scattered; separated from
- (onom.) clang; clank of metal; sound of striking a gong
- 铛 chēng: 铛 cheng1: frying pan; griddle铛 dāng: 铛 dang1: clank; clang; sound of metal
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- 后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: empress's throne; (fig.) first place in a women's competition后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: back seat; pillion
- to hesitate; to have second thoughts; to be concerned; to brood (over sth); to complain
- roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
- descendant
- see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]
- temple; monastery; shrine
- to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
- 壮 zhuàng: 壮 zhuang4: to strengthen; strong; robust壮 Zhuàng: 壮 Zhuang4: Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China
- to find the time to do sth
- external force; pressure from outside
- chance; opportunity; destiny
- cloister; temple; monastery; CL:座[zuo4]
- temple
- (idiom) doddering; senile
- beard; CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]