Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- just before the battle; to approach the front line
- to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out
- armor
- to lean on; to rely on
- modal particle
- child; CL:個|个[ge4]
- exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam
- completed examination paper; answer sheet; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
- writing brush
- to praise; to acclaim; reputation
- criticism; commentary
- to be called; to be known as
- 服 fú: 服 fu2: clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes服 fù: 服 fu4: classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fu2]
- dark red; purple silk
- according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- I Ching; Book of Changes
- 乾 Qián: 乾 Qian2: surname Qian乾 qián: 乾 qian2: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)乾 Gān: 乾 Gan1: surname Gan乾 gān: 乾 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to come across (sb); to run into
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- nobility; person of high rank
- to lift sth up; to elevate sb; to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc); to show great regard; to speak highly; Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
- to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- in (sb's) eyes
- pupil (of the eye)
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
- to show respect for; to think highly of
- banquet; feast; dinner party; CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
- Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4] (short name 陝|陕[Shan3] or 秦[Qin2])
- Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
- Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
- pick up; to select
- to enjoy the sights (of)
- various notes or records; a miscellany; scattered jottings