Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
- movements; attitude; behavior; whereabouts; tracks
- Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan; Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC
- uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague
- stairway to heaven; high mountain road; tall ladder on a building or other large structure; space elevator
- hasn't yet; hasn't ever
- money; currency
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- to thank; to be grateful
- resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person
- 正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible
- to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party
- 宽 Kuān: 宽 Kuan1: surname Kuan宽 kuān: 宽 kuan1: wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent; diarrhea; laxative
- Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine
- 骓 Zhūi: 骓 Zhui1: surname Zhui骓 zhūi: 骓 zhui1: (literary) piebald horse
- to remain silent; to have nothing to say
- 倘 cháng: 倘 chang2: used in 倘佯[chang2 yang2]倘 tǎng: 倘 tang3: if; supposing; in case
- moist; wet
- garment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
- to gild; gilt
- farmhouse
- weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
- lovely wife
- to be ambitious
- head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
- to shake hands
- to make one's name; to become famous
- loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); fig. to return home after making good; Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1]
- to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
- couple; pair
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- open to the view of all; spacious; to open wide; to disclose