Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- a man; a male
- thatched cottage
- poor people; the poor
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- ornament; ornamentation
- History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- 吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- 致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- flourishing; bustling
- the secular world
- prince; son of a king
- 桃源 táo yuán: 桃源 tao2 yuan2: see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]桃源 Táo yuán: 桃源 Tao2 yuan2: see 桃源縣|桃源县[Tao2 yuan2 Xian4]; see 桃源區|桃源区[Tao2 yuan2 Qu1]
- to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly
- bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement
- to push aside; to part; to brush away
- clouds and mist
- 丘 qīu: 丘 qiu1: mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields丘 Qīu: 丘 Qiu1: surname Qiu
- short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
- to capture
- vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
- Li Shangyin (c. 813-858), Tang poet
- the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui
- firefly; glow-worm
- 说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation
- Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
- 开通 kāi tong: 开通 kai1 tong5: open-minded开通 kāi tōng: 开通 kai1 tong1: to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
- 运河 yùn hé: 运河 yun4 he2: canal运河 Yùn hé: 运河 Yun4 he2: see 運河區|运河区[Yun4 he2 Qu1]
- one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- to plant
- willow
- dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]
- (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation
- (say) a few words
- predicament; plight
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- palindrome
- 倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit