Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- (idiom) vicious; merciless
- lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom); fig. small-minded; vindictive
- lamentable
- lit. to loot a burning house (idiom); fig. to take advantage of sb's misfortune
- to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down
- bitter; desperate
- to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end
- a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state
- to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it
- immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
- (bound form) to overstep one's authority
- see 連州市|连州市[Lian2 zhou1 Shi4]
- leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant
- half a lifetime
- to loiter; to hang around; dissolute; licentious
- nickname
- life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me
- 颏 kē: 颏 ke1: chin颏 ké: 颏 ke2: (used in bird names) throat
- quick; rapid
- who would have thought; unexpectedly
- callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 下狠心[xia4 hen3 xin1])
- 伞 sǎn: 伞 san3: umbrella; parasol; CL:把[ba3]伞 sǎn: 伞 san3: damask silk
- to beg for food
- (literary) underage male servant
- to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder
- to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
- (dialect) obviously; clearly
- 凌云 Líng yún: 凌云 Ling2 yun2: see 凌雲縣|凌云县[Ling2 yun2 Xian4]凌云 líng yún: 凌云 ling2 yun2: (lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high
- old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)
- ordinary; commonplace; busy; bustling about
- to envelop; to shroud
- nose
- strong; firm
- (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- tiger
- wildcat; feral cat; stray cat
- look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]
- host
- shield (CL:面[mian4]); (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)