Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- 术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique
- fireball
- water polo
- wooden sword
- Chinese-style gown
- to embroider; embroidery
- cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
- (idiom) brilliant lights and vibrant colors
- fan; CL:把[ba3]
- imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor
- elated; high-spirited; uplifting (music)
- conveniently; without extra trouble; while doing it; in passing
- sky
- to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up troubles
- to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch
- multicolored; the rainbow; garish
- 扇 shàn: 扇 shan4: fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc扇 shān: 扇 shan1: to fan; to slap sb on the face
- to shake; to sway
- multicolored; every color under the sun
- laser
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- 斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- juncture; moment
- eyebrow; upper margin
- 轩 xuān: 轩 xuan1: pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)轩 Xuān: 轩 Xuan1: surname Xuan
- 横 hèng: 横 heng4: harsh and unreasonable; unexpected横 héng: 横 heng2: horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent
- to shout intimidatingly; to bellow (in anger)
- today
- time of death; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- lightning; CL:道[dao4]
- raindrop
- (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- tree
- to rock; to shake; to sway
- to collapse; to topple over
- earth; soil; mud; clay
- to rise; to fly upward
- evildoer