Vocabulary: 飞升之后
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- to give it a try
- 挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
- not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it
- (onom.) quack; honk; (northern dialect) very; also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc
- (idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop
- bit by bit; dribs and drabs; the little details; every aspect
- information; news; message; text message; SMS
- gorge; gulch; ravine; deep ditch
- unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness
- mokugyo; wooden fish (percussion instrument)
- the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
- fifty (years of age)
- design; pattern
- lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions); to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
- very long; endless
- century
- comet
- the secular world
- to cremate
- the right track
- thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean
- peerless; unmatched in his generation; incomparable (talent, beauty)
- classification
- item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye
- (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should