Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- to die
- echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
- certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried
- to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
- to frown; to knit one's brow
- to come as no surprise; as expected
- cannot attend to or manage
- to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem
- simple; not complicated
- 应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- a succession of; a series of
- busy signal (telephony)
- to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- rather; quite
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- to put into
- pocket; bag; sack
- inwardly; to oneself; secretly
- to make a fist
- easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words
- 爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons
- opposite direction; reverse
- frequently; often
- to bring about; to create; to cause
- to bear; to support; to inherit
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- 尽快 jǐn kuài: 尽快 jin3 kuai4: as quickly as possible; as soon as possible尽快 jìn kuài: 尽快 jin4 kuai4: see 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]
- lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
- to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc); to dance on one's feet; hopping mad (anxious, etc)
- to shout (slogans etc)
- to run like crazy; to rush
- signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge
- 长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
- forever; eternal
- (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection; interaction; dealings; (math.) (set theory) intersection
- to enter; to step into
- crafty; astute
- proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
- width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- (coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative); angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑[hao3 xiao4])