Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- strategic location; important hub; key post; prominent position
- even more (so)
- (polite) my elder brother
- (coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
- all over the place; everywhere and all directions
- to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
- 落 lùo: 落 luo4: to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement落 lào: 落 lao4: colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落 là: 落 la4: to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty
- grandpa; old gentleman
- (sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate; referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判[zhu3 cai2 pan4])
- 贵 gùi: 贵 gui4: expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your贵 Gùi: 贵 Gui4: short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- 保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])
- first; most important; primary; foremost
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- at one's side; on hand
- to see; to catch sight of
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin
- 楷 kǎi: 楷 kai3: model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style)楷 jiē: 楷 jie1: Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
- 哩 li: 哩 li5: (modal final particle similar to 呢[ne5] or 啦[la5])哩 lǐ: 哩 li3: mile
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- 重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to
- a genius; a talented person
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- wealth; money
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- 空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
- systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
- image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid
- to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
- career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- people
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then
- 焦 jiāo: 焦 jiao1: burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])焦 Jiāo: 焦 Jiao1: surname Jiao
- to follow; to adhere to; to abide by