Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- tight (i.e. lacking money); hard up; same as 緊巴巴|紧巴巴
- pavilion
- all kinds; of every description
- to wave; to brandish
- the edge of a knife; cut; incision
- to pull out (esp. hair or feathers); to pick; to pluck; fig. to extract (lines from a text)
- jest; nickname
- beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit
- woodman; woodcutter
- stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
- to chop firewood; to gather firewood
- firewood; gather wood
- black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
- bone marrow
- (fig.) to smell fishy
- to see with one's own eyes; very soon
- to throw away one's life
- to rush over
- private house
- rock cave (archaic)
- little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp
- to disturb; to trouble; to bother
- the limit; tip of branch
- fence; railing; hurdle; column or box (of text or other data)
- nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
- four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
- (coll.) dog
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- hurdle
- bridal sedan chair
- saxaul; sacsaoul (Haloxylon ammodendron)
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- (bird species of China) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- to know full well; to be fully aware
- to tag along (with sb); (in combination with 與|与[yu3] or 和[he2]) to accompany (sb); (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another)