Vocabulary: 封神演义
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- 偈 jié: 偈 jie2: forceful; martial偈 jì: 偈 ji4: Buddhist hymn; gatha; Buddhist verse
- poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- to be patient; patience
- pole
- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- military leadership; military power
- to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence
- traveling bag; luggage
- (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
- (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
- elder brother and his wife
- younger sibling; younger brother's wife
- to swear brotherhood
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect)
- landlord (old usage)
- frequently; often; usually; regularly
- to thirst for
- to meet again; to be reunited; reunion
- 薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
- food
- 荤 hūn: 荤 hun1: strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene荤 xūn: 荤 xun1: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]
- to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian
- to light a fire for cooking