Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- split seam; (fig.) flaw; weak point
- short name for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- (bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuo4]
- 石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
- to open a river; to dig a canal; to thaw (of river)
- didn't expect
- thus; consequently; as a result
- 计 Jì: 计 Ji4: surname Ji计 jì: 计 ji4: to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to go into battle; to campaign (military)
- Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD; also pr. [Tu3 fan1]
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- to frame; to bring false charges against
- to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
- once more; once again
- 落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
- hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- (bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- 缉 qī: 缉 qi1: to stitch finely缉 jī: 缉 ji1: to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qi4]
- 阴 Yīn: 阴 Yin1: surname Yin阴 yīn: 阴 yin1: overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
- 番 Pān: 番 Pan1: surname Pan番 fān: 番 fan1: (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
- to feign; to pretend
- to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
- to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
- emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- (military) meritorious service
- tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- to betray one's country
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
- see 廣南縣|广南县[Guang3 nan2 Xian4]
- to bribe
- 司 Sī: 司 Si1: surname Si司 sī: 司 si1: to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
- a household; door; family
- to install; to place; to put; to buy
- (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards