Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- to play the market; to speculate (on financial markets); to profiteer
- to open an aperture; (extended meaning) to cut a way through; to open up a road
- river course; river channel
- mountain god
- river god
- the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
- long distance; long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话[chang2 tu2 dian4 hua4]); long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车[chang2 tu2 qi4 che1])
- stone; rock
- awkward; embarrassed
- to skimp on the job; to avoid work
- 攒 cuán: 攒 cuan2: to bring together攒 zǎn: 攒 zan3: to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save
- slack; lazy; remiss
- cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
- barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
- narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
- see 臨潼區|临潼区[Lin2 tong2 Qu1]
- mountain pass
- reed rhizome (used in TCM)
- silt
- (bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith
- taboo; prohibition
- grieved; full of sorrow
- water drop; dripping water
- (dialect) really; truly; indeed
- Yellow River or Huang He
- 脉 mài: 脉 mai4: arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)脉 mò: 脉 mo4: see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]
- see 澠池縣|渑池县[Mian3 chi2 Xian4]
- to assign (a task to different people); to allocate
- since (a time); ever since
- a trickle; tiny stream; sluggish; to flow sluggishly
- uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken; ignorant; illiterate
- to one's heart's content; without restraint
- (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
- 靖 Jìng: 靖 Jing4: surname Jing靖 jìng: 靖 jing4: (bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
- disaster; calamity