Vocabulary: 俄罗斯套娃
- the least bit
- to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
- evening meal; dinner; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- old town; old district of a city
- residential area; neighborhood
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline
- household; inhabitant; householder
- house; building; CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- shacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc
- to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
- top floor; attic; loft; garret; penthouse; (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc)
- ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- narrow
- end; extremity; limit
- to inquire
- (to stand or move) sideways
- round; circular
- (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- 旋 xuàn: 旋 xuan4: to whirl; immediately旋 xuán: 旋 xuan2: to revolve; a loop; a circle
- epilepsy
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- spacious; wide; lenient
- skirt; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
- 褶 xí: 褶 xi2: (arch.) court dress褶 zhě: 褶 zhe3: pleat; crease; Taiwan pr. [zhe2]
- decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate
- black and white; right and wrong; monochrome
- (of animals) hybrid; (of people) mixed-blood; mixed-race
- to estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
- head; boss; chief
- priest
- cannot help; unable to bear
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- in a split second
- woman
- to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
- to scamper; to scurry
- faint; indistinct
- to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)