Vocabulary: 飞升之后
- It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.; Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
- to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
- ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate
- variable factor; uncertainties; (math.) a variable
- would rather ... (than ...)
- membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- to squeeze in; to force oneself into; to cram into; to intrude
- madman; lunatic
- to rouse; to invigorate; to enliven; to put sb into high spirits; con brio
- enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another)
- 剥 bō: 剥 bo1: to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck剥 bāo: 剥 bao1: to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck
- enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment
- to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
- cold and desolate; lonely
- 粟 Sù: 粟 Su4: surname Su粟 sù: 粟 su4: millet; (metonym) grain
- in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless
- ashamed
- to match; to suit; mutually compatible
- a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
- to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
- (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
- even if; even though
- 糊 hū: 糊 hu1: to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. [hu2]糊 hú: 糊 hu2: to paste; to glue; blurry; unclear; muddled; (esp. of food) scorched; burnt; paste; mush; thick gruel糊 hù: 糊 hu4: paste; cream糊 hú: 糊 hu2: congee; (in 糊口[hu2 kou3]) to feed oneself
- to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]
- elegant; refined
- vulgar
- sallow; yellow and withered; sickly
- mouthfeel; texture (of food)
- to smoke; to cure over a wood fire