Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness
- to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
- more or less; roughly; approximately
- inn; small hotel; hostel
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- woman
- power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
- to transport (esp. grain) by water; (literary) watercourse; canal
- gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
- 相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang
- to die; to lose one's life
- 率 lǜ: 率 lu:4: (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion率 shuài: 率 shuai4: to lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually
- to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)
- lake
- surname Ye; ancient district in present-day Hebei 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
- 侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- 泌 bì: 泌 bi4: used in 泌陽|泌阳[Bi4 yang2] (the name of a place in Henan)泌 mì: 泌 mi4: (bound form) to secrete
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- historical biography
- 少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom少 shào: 少 shao4: young
- to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
- (bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
- 强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
- 济 jǐ: 济 ji3: used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]济 jì: 济 ji4: to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help济 Jǐ: 济 Ji3: used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]; surname Ji
- 业 Yè: 业 Ye4: surname Ye业 yè: 业 ye4: line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2 guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2 guo2]
- (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage
- see 三門縣|三门县[San1 men2 Xian4]
- soldier's pay
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbor
- to hide
- lazy
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- do not
- to receive; to draw; to get
- 鲁 Lǔ: 鲁 Lu3: surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]鲁 lǔ: 鲁 lu3: (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)