Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- terminus; final stop on rail or bus line
- pleasant to hear
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)
- (onom.) bang; thump
- to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)
- engine (loanword); CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- to guess
- perhaps; maybe
- roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards
- not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
- level; almost flat; not strongly sloping; (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle
- tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- closely; tightly
- to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at
- so long as; provided; if
- at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly
- either side; both sides
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- very fast; at lightning speed; (coll.) razor-sharp
- to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb)
- (not) ever again; (not) any longer
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- to hunt for novelty; to seek novelty
- to relax; to slacken; to loosen
- 精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking
- at the same time; simultaneously
- disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
- 饶 Ráo: 饶 Rao2: surname Rao饶 ráo: 饶 rao2: rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although
- 绷 bēng: 绷 beng1: to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop; (bound form) woven bed mat绷 běng: 绷 beng3: to have a taut face
- (so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
- the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
- 嘎 gǎ: 嘎 ga3: (dialect) ill-tempered; ornery; (dialect) naughty; mischievous嘎 gā: 嘎 ga1: (onom.) short but loud sound嘎 gá: 嘎 ga2: cackling sound
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- shabby
- to open and close
- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- ear-piercing
- every time
- to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke