Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom); fig. peaceful and clear night; (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
- lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- 贾 Jiǎ: 贾 Jia3: surname Jia贾 gǔ: 贾 gu3: merchant; to buy
- see 紫金縣|紫金县[Zi3 jin1 Xian4]
- as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
- auspicious; propitious; good fortune
- shabby
- oafish; dull-witted
- (bound form) tears; teardrops
- (bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
- to investigate; to survey; to collate
- signal made with one's eyes; meaningful glance
- Wang Shifu (fl. 1295-1307), author of Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記|西厢记
- fifth
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
- greed; avarice; rapacious; avid
- 池 Chí: 池 Chi2: surname Chi池 chí: 池 chi2: pond; reservoir; moat
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- jade-like stone
- lane; alley
- 亚 Yà: 亚 Ya4: Asia; Asian; Taiwan pr. [Ya3]亚 yà: 亚 ya4: second; next to; inferior; sub-; Taiwan pr. [ya3]
- pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)
- in former times; the olden days
- with this; thereby; thus; because of this
- life (one's time on earth)
- to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- intestines
- to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fa1]
- to be greedy in getting money
- to become demoralized; to lose one's sense of purpose
- to be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
- imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
- lit. wind, frost, rain and snow (idiom); fig. all kinds of trials and hardships
- to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose