Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- ex-wife; late wife
- 兀 Wù: 兀 Wu4: surname Wu兀 wù: 兀 wu4: (literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
- the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
- see 呂洞賓|吕洞宾[Lu:3 Dong4 bin1]
- running; operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
- to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
- to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
- the sun, the moon, and the stars
- in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance
- White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia
- seagoing ship
- 背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back
- brilliant; impressive; outstanding
- short, simple literary or artistic creation; essay; skit
- high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud
- to sit cross-legged
- to limp; lame; crippled
- member of gentry
- child; the younger generation
- disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
- loosely woven bamboo ladle
- (polite) your business; what brings you?
- sometimes; now and then
- node
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- to pour; to deliberate
- brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money
- to make a rubbing