Vocabulary: 封神演义
- secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success)
- leather bag
- 金砖 Jīn zhuān: 金砖 Jin1 zhuan1: (bound form) BRICS金砖 jīn zhuān: 金砖 jin1 zhuan1: gold brick
- to kowtow; also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting; (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5]; (fig.) never-ending treadmill
- the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
- mundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil
- spear; lance; pike; CL:支[zhi1]
- first; most important; primary; foremost
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- buckskin horse
- to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products)
- to harass; to disturb
- to return sth; to hand back
- relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent
- extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox
- several; three or five
- don't think (that); don't imagine (that)
- bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark; CL:輪|轮[lun2]
- (bound form) side; edge; boundary
- taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- underneath; below; the underside; world of mortals; to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
- a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)
- second brother
- brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- bird
- a fish moving about in water
- east, south, west and north; all directions
- previous life; previous incarnation
- to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
- countryside; areas outside the city
- water surface
- (honorific) May I ask?
- abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
- a short while; soon