Vocabulary: 繁花
- iron and steel works; steelworks
- day and night; around the clock
- to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job
- toothpaste; CL:管[guan3]
- spearmint
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- rotten (smell); stinking; putrid
- (chemistry) base; alkali; soda
- hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn
- sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
- used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- concrete-paved surface; concrete floor
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- to be used for
- perfectly round; (fig.) accommodating; considerate; smooth (way of doing things)
- 元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
- to turn; to wrench; button; nu (Greek letter Νν)
- apprentice; disciple
- to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
- see 驚慌失措|惊慌失措[jing1 huang1 shi1 cuo4]
- pig head; (coll.) fool; jerk
- a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face; fig. a setback; a defeat
- 挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
- to open (one's eyes)
- circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision
- to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced; to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc); to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
- to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
- fist; boxing
- to have leisure time
- to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm
- even if; even though