Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth; (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
- just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
- hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
- red (color); revolutionary
- evening dress
- to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order
- to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload
- roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- 系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)系 xì: 系 xi4: system; department; faculty系 jì: 系 ji4: to tie; to fasten; to button up系 xì: 系 xi4: to connect; to arrest; to worry
- pink; white; erotic; beautiful woman; powdered (with make-up)
- bow; bowknot
- tone of voice; topic; subject under discussion
- (coll.) not a chance; no way; hopeless
- (coll.) if
- mood; spirits; interest
- to stop for a rest
- ash gray
- personality traits; temperament; disposition; aura; air; feel; vibe; refinement; sophistication; class
- individuality; personality
- nickname
- 王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- used in 蟑螂[zhang1 lang2]
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- 倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- 众 Zhòng: 众 Zhong4: abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives众 zhòng: 众 zhong4: (bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
- position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- to share (let others have some of sth good)
- history; antecedents; origin
- last year
- 李 Lǐ: 李 Li3: surname Li李 lǐ: 李 li3: plum
- salesperson
- to practice; field work; to intern; internship
- can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- trifle; trivial matter; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 干 gān: 干 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder干 Gān: 干 Gan1: surname Gan干 gān: 干 gan1: (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield干 gàn: 干 gan4: tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
- to go on an official or business trip
- diligent; hardworking
- (say) a few words
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube (metaphor for blurting everything out at once)
- like a swarm of bees; in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth)