Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- autograph; to sign one's name
- special appointment; special correspondent; task force; sb dispatched on a mission
- see 永泰縣|永泰县[Yong3 tai4 Xian4]
- (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
- brilliancy (of gems)
- false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]
- ruler's seal
- armor
- bow and crossbow
- imperial robe
- to violate a prohibition or ban; prohibited; illicit
- toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to study in great depth
- to seek; to strive for
- 俞 Yú: 俞 Yu2: surname Yu俞 yú: 俞 yu2: yes (used by Emperor or ruler); OK; to accede; to assent
- to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying
- to compete; to contend; to struggle
- to become a common practice; to become a trend
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- an examiner (for tests, interviews etc); (old) imperial examination official
- to reveal; to elucidate; to set forth; to articulate; to announce publicly; to promulgate
- to control; to dominate; to monopolize
- to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)
- joint (physiology); key point; critical phase
- appearance; facial features; look
- on imperial orders
- the previous dynasty
- halfway; midway; on the way
- Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
- counting one's chickens before they are hatched
- impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- (coll.) even if
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- appropriate; proper; ready
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech