Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- upper layer
- (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- not in the least; to completely lack
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- wholeheartedly; heart and soul
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
- glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
- 越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten
- is precisely
- regime; political power
- portrayal
- 写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write
- 证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: to admonish证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
- Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
- to tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime)
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo
- that kind of
- to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth; only interested in personal gain
- dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- clear; distinct; obvious
- to express; to convey
- extreme
- to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- contemporary
- Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author
- Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610), Ming dynasty poet and travel writer
- close; similar to
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
- to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|个[ge4]