Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to see; to catch sight of
- to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive
- regular bus (service)
- fifteen; 15
- chauffeur; driver
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- faint; indistinct
- 哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- fishy; not right; amiss
- 拉拉 lā lā: 拉拉 la1 la1: (slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever拉拉 Lā lā: 拉拉 La1 la1: Lala, Philippines
- corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
- 别 bié: 别 bie2: to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])别 Bié: 别 Bie2: surname Bie别 biè: 别 bie4: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order
- 吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- from the beginning; always; to come of one's own accord
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
- brain; mind; head; essence
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- money; coins; currency; silk
- passenger
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- to remain; to be left over
- by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc)
- the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- smooth; steady
- forward; onward
- at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- just now; a moment ago
- a line of verse; a sentence
- (idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse