Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- brocade
- famous; acclaimed
- painting
- to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime); to serve
- national prestige
- scanty; meager
- frivolous; careless; giddy
- down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional
- usually
- lazy
- false reputation
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- decorative motif; figure
- to slander
- Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
- working woman
- to achieve with difficulty; only just up to the task; barely adequate
- to castrate; fig. to emasculate
- ram (male sheep)
- cicada
- (old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding
- ordinary; average; medium; mid-range; moderate
- (literary) pendant ornament; earring; eunuch
- see 達官貴人|达官贵人[da2 guan1 gui4 ren2]
- to face; to confront
- corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
- lonely; solitary
- disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
- to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
- elders
- small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
- 桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree
- to cut; to carve; to engrave; to chisel; fig. to chisel away at
- nock at end of bow; stretch
- a low fire (for roasting)
- Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service
- following the ways of old; in imitation of ancient style
- noisy; clamorous
- 襄 Xiāng: 襄 Xiang1: surname Xiang襄 xiāng: 襄 xiang1: (literary) to assist