Vocabulary: 俄罗斯套娃
- 塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
- to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
- magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]
- dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
- bored; boring; senseless
- impatient; to lose patience
- to go upstairs
- gorgeous; garish and beautiful
- to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
- eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 搂 lǒu: 搂 lou3: to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms搂 lōu: 搂 lou1: to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc); to grab (money); to extort
- crook of the arm
- kiss; to kiss; mouth
- to thank; thanks; thank you
- to go on foot; to walk
- Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
- convention; usual practice
- general; popular; everywhere; universal
- public square; plaza
- footstep; step
- 法式 fǎ shì: 法式 fa3 shi4: rule; method; model法式 Fǎ shì: 法式 Fa3 shi4: French-style
- outside the door
- menu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
- 当日 dāng rì: 当日 dang1 ri4: on that day当日 dàng rì: 当日 dang4 ri4: that very day; the same day
- dessert
- clear; bright
- 姆 mǔ: 姆 mu3: (old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]姆 m: 姆 m1: used in 姆媽|姆妈[m1 ma1]
- (loanword) chocolate; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- cake; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- to be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
- perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind)
- to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism
- eccentricity; peculiarity; strange hobby
- not only; not just
- to treat; treatment
- frequent visitor
- experiment; test; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]; to experiment; experimental
- ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- food poisoning
- to choose; to select