Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- game (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu
- see 清河縣|清河县[Qing1 he2 Xian4]; see 清河區|清河区[Qing1 he2 Qu1]
- distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old)
- the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- 扇 shàn: 扇 shan4: fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc扇 shān: 扇 shan1: to fan; to slap sb on the face
- Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
- fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening
- Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- vagrant; unemployed person; rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- (linguistics) part of speech; word class; lexical category
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
- see 大田縣|大田县[Da4 tian2 Xian4]; see 大田廣域市|大田广域市[Da4 tian2 Guang3 yu4 Shi4]
- useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
- 苗 Miáo: 苗 Miao2: surname Miao; Miao ethnic group苗 miáo: 苗 miao2: sprout
- worthless; good-for-nothing
- late autumn
- autumn; fall
- compilation; selected works
- (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- 欢 huān: 欢 huan1: joyous; happy; pleased欢 huān: 欢 huan1: hubbub; clamor欢 huān: 欢 huan1: a breed of horse
- 未央 Wèi yāng: 未央 Wei4 yang1: see 未央區|未央区[Wei4 yang1 Qu1]未央 wèi yāng: 未央 wei4 yang1: (literary) not ended; not yet over; close to the end
- tavern; guest house; inn; hotel
- 朱砂 zhū shā: 朱砂 zhu1 sha1: cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS; also written 硃砂|朱砂[zhu1 sha1]朱砂 zhū shā: 朱砂 zhu1 sha1: cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS
- 担 dàn: 担 dan4: picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole担 dān: 担 dan1: to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility
- to be called; to be known as
- 黑 Hēi: 黑 Hei1: short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]黑 hēi: 黑 hei1: black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- both ends; both parties to a deal
- capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)