Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- hereby; from this
- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
- to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
- to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase
- prologue
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- to blend heterogeneous elements (from different sources, systems, styles or genres); (linguistics) to combine incompatible sentence patterns, resulting in awkward or unclear expression
- kitchen
- cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times; headscarf (typically worn by women); kerchief; turban
- flower arranging; ikebana
- anvil
- fine; meticulous; careful
- condiments; seasoning; coll. pr. [zuo2 liao5]; Taiwan pr. [zuo2 liao4]
- steady; calm and practical
- steamed bun
- 摩 mó: 摩 mo2: to rub摩 mā: 摩 ma1: used in 摩挲[ma1 sa5]
- 松 sōng: 松 song1: pine; CL:棵[ke1]松 Sōng: 松 Song1: surname Song松 sōng: 松 song1: loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- (literary) to put in good order; to make shipshape; (literary) orderly; neat; tidy
- far more than; not just
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- only; nothing else
- to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
- (bound form) a liquid; also pr. [yi4]
- your distinguished self; your majesty; sire
- meal; to eat; classifier for meals
- chopped green onions
- 灌肠 guàn cháng: 灌肠 guan4 chang2: enema; to give an enema灌肠 guàn chang: 灌肠 guan4 chang5: sausage with a starchy filling
- queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt
- pepper
- wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup); Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5]
- louse (Pediculus humanus)
- to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc)
- sister's son; wife's sibling's son
- to rescue
- as before; still; to remain the same
- to rename
- the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- under sb's name
- to hold the pen; to do the actual writing
- banquet; feast