Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster)
- enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
- muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
- to break up into components; to disintegrate; to collapse; to crumble
- Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]; the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
- to close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)
- Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kai3 shu1]
- (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
- (music) presto
- loyal heart; loyalty
- to write on sb's behalf; a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
- trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
- neat and tidy
- long sigh; deep sigh
- to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
- a clamor; noisy
- garden; orchard
- prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
- battle-ax
- to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
- 裨 bì: 裨 bi4: to benefit; to aid; advantageous; profitable裨 pí: 裨 pi2: subordinate; secondary; small裨 Pí: 裨 Pi2: surname Pi
- to be fearful; apprehensive
- bones of the body
- seriously ill and about to die
- suddenly
- effect; efficacy; to imitate
- to express thanks
- forever; eternal
- to watch; to view
- gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things
- (coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
- to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
- cold sweat
- to play; to have fun