Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- lit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses
- to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate
- spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
- before one's eyes; now; at present
- 处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- to fall from power; to collapse; downfall
- to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
- every night
- music and song (formal writing)
- courtyard
- lights
- (dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
- lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery
- selective listening; to hear what one wants to hear
- whole; entire; total
- miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- structure; composition; makeup; architecture; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
- compact; terse; tight (schedule)
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- to look as if; to seem
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- (bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish; reckless
- to lose a war
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- inevitably
- wild goose
- 足 jù: 足 ju4: excessive足 zú: 足 zu2: (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
- above
- center; end; to beg; to plead
- the way back; return route
- the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- seventeen; 17
- 勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind
- meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)