Vocabulary: 都市异闻录
- there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
- (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
- to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- to stop; to obstruct
- to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation
- to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- in spite of; regardless of
- to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- 空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: deserted空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: absolutely empty (space); complete vacuum
- 空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
- 蠢 chǔn: 蠢 chun3: stupid蠢 chǔn: 蠢 chun3: stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion
- courage; nerve; guts
- to dispatch a vehicle; (of a vehicle or its driver) to set off
- silhouette; figure
- (fig.) to smell fishy
- ghost story
- fortunately
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- not the only one; not only
- China
- foreign country
- every; various; separately, one by one
- 大陆 dà lù: 大陆 da4 lu4: continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]大陆 Dà lù: 大陆 Da4 lu4: mainland China (reference to the PRC)
- to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- country; nation; state
- almost; nearly; practically
- midday; noon; noonday
- time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
- 盛 Shèng: 盛 Sheng4: surname Sheng盛 chéng: 盛 cheng2: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil盛 shèng: 盛 sheng4: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively
- weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip)
- sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])
- to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
- to have a lot on one's mind; to be laden with anxiety
- 压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
- common sense; conventional reasoning and morals
- authenticity; truthfulness; veracity; reality; validity
- lie
- (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
- to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
- participant
- (idiom) the first impression is the strongest; to hold a preconceived notion (about sth)