Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom)
- 周游 zhōu yóu: 周游 zhou1 you2: to travel around; to tour; to cross周游 zhōu yóu: 周游 zhou1 you2: to travel around
- each country; every country; various countries
- to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
- 春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- skilled manipulator; tactician; strategist; advisor; counsellor
- Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
- 大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician
- to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
- to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
- 差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post
- to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business
- to become rich
- Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2]; Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
- King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
- (literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
- thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through
- (literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- to moan; to groan
- to sleep soundly
- clear; distinct
- Southern Dynasties (420-589)
- Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
- exhort; stimulate
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- (fragrant plant)
- hoof; pig's trotters
- numerous; confused; disorderly
- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- rabbit
- 获 hùo: 获 huo4: (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win获 hùo: 获 huo4: (bound form) to reap; to harvest
- 黎 Lí: 黎 Li2: Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]黎 lí: 黎 li2: (literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- one's later years
- habitation; dwelling place; residence; CL:處|处[chu4]
- 别 Bié: 别 Bie2: surname Bie别 bié: 别 bie2: to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])别 biè: 别 bie4: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign; to arrange
- tomorrow
- 启 qǐ: 启 qi3: to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform启 Qǐ: 启 Qi3: Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period