Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- scholar; Confucian
- Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- (honorific) May I ask?
- mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- infatuated; lovesick person
- primogenitor; founder of a school or trade
- one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
- 土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- deceased father; my late father
- to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
- herbivorous
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
- to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being; to be born with; to be blessed with
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- pretty; with delicate features
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- to peep; to pry into
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- nib; pen point; the tip of a writing brush or pencil
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fan
- 挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
- 底 de: 底 de5: (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)底 dǐ: 底 di3: bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- 呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- 般 bō: 般 bo1: used in 般若[bo1 re3]般 pán: 般 pan2: see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]般 bān: 般 ban1: sort; kind; class; way; manner
- (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)