Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- 哈 hǎ: 哈 ha3: a Pekinese; a pug; (dialect) to scold哈 hā: 哈 ha1: (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2])哈 Hā: 哈 Ha1: abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1 sa4 ke4 si1 tan3], Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Harbin
- Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
- Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty)
- ornamental cap
- so far; to date; until now
- scholar; intellectual; egghead
- joking matter; to go back on one's words
- camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- palace hall
- to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success
- to handle affairs; to deal with matters
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process
- to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], reigned 712-756
- daughter-in-law
- romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]
- to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman
- rocky
- slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted
- to strangle
- Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
- 童 tóng: 童 tong2: child童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- military leadership; military power
- brilliancy (of gems)
- Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming
- biological father; real dad
- to dazzle; to boast; to show off; (slang) cool; awesome
- the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
- entire book; unabridged book
- Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
- to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
- 体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- malice; evil intention
- innate sense of right and wrong; conscience; bosom friend
- to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]; word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
- inside; within
- witty; clever; amusing
- endless; boundless; inexhaustible