Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy
- 元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- pet name for a child; childhood name
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 福 Fú: 福 Fu2: surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]福 fú: 福 fu2: good fortune; happiness; luck
- 程 Chéng: 程 Cheng2: surname Cheng程 chéng: 程 cheng2: rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence
- 伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 徒 Tú: 徒 Tu2: surname Tu徒 tú: 徒 tu2: (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence
- but; however
- 长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- this life; this age
- to pass on a song
- 西 xī: 西 xi1: west西 Xī: 西 Xi1: the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- to spy
- (of a period of time) long
- also known as; alternative name; to also be called
- 花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- lower bound (math.); world of mortals; (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
- to replace; to take over (a position or post)
- (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland; see 蓬萊區|蓬莱区[Peng2 lai2 Qu1]
- main hall; front courtyard; law court
- outside the door
- to arrive; to come
- Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
- 岳阳楼 Yuè yáng Lóu: 岳阳楼 Yue4 yang2 Lou2: Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi岳阳楼 Yuè yáng lóu: 岳阳楼 Yue4 yang2 lou2: see 岳陽樓區|岳阳楼区[Yue4 yang2 lou2 Qu1]
- to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out
- everyone
- nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- so big; such a big
- worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- pleasant to hear
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- a woman's physique; figure; posture on stage
- good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation
- 打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")