Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- question; interrogation; doubt
- to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
- step with feet splayed outwards
- to not say a word (idiom)
- they; them
- ambience; atmosphere
- qi field (in qigong or feng shui); vibe (of a person or place); aura; atmosphere
- (bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- for a long time; for ages
- hoarse; husky; raspy
- comfortable; feeling well
- carnivore
- (animal's) claw
- friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦
- prey; quarry
- inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- to fear
- adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- to praise; to applaud; to compliment
- to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- to reward; reward (as encouragement)
- to lift up
- extremely; exceedingly
- joyful; cheerful; delighted; joy; delight
- 眯 mí: 眯 mi2: to blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. [mi3]眯 mī: 眯 mi1: to narrow one's eyes; to squint; (dialect) to take a nap
- 似 shì: 似 shi4: used in 似的[shi4 de5]似 sì: 似 si4: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than
- to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- this; these
- to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; concomitant
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
- to shine; to glow; to irradiate; to flash
- is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
- to shift; to move
- to bestow a reward; a reward