Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to catch; to seize; to capture
- transient; fleeting
- to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
- for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- abdomen; stomach; belly
- to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- to turn around
- absolute; unconditional
- here
- hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom); fig. to tread dangerous ground
- to resist; to rebel
- demon; evil spirit
- arm
- biting cold
- to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near
- unable to say
- to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- to court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
- to extend
- to follow; to adhere to; to abide by
- crude; gruff; rough; coarse
- extremely; exceedingly
- blood; (fig.) lifeblood
- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- withered; shriveled; dried-up
- to wrinkle; wrinkled up
- (of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
- branch; twig
- immediately; at once; right away
- to stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense
- to resist; to withstand
- to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
- physical body
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire
- to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- at least; (to say the) least
- lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); fig. to surrender without a fight