Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- prostitute
- dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
- the twenty-eight constellations
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 宿 xǐu: 宿 xiu3: night; classifier for nights宿 Sù: 宿 Su4: surname Su宿 sù: 宿 su4: lodge for the night; old; former宿 xìu: 宿 xiu4: constellation
- (literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
- 调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- 旗 qí: 旗 qi2: flag旗 qí: 旗 qi2: banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]
- 胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late
- red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
- antiquity
- to be used for
- (mythology) celestial horse; fine horse; Ferghana horse; (Western mythology) Pegasus
- History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls
- astronomy
- 房 fáng: 房 fang2: house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)房 Fáng: 房 Fang2: surname Fang
- team of 4 horses
- carriage
- 贺 hè: 贺 he4: to congratulate贺 Hè: 贺 He4: surname He
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- (literary) fine jade
- 汇 hùi: 汇 hui4: to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange汇 hùi: 汇 hui4: class; collection
- 解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
- choice of words; wording; phraseology; term
- even more
- vigor; strength; vitality
- matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine
- fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire
- to vaporize; evaporation; carburetion; 氣|气[qi4] transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath); unvoicing of voiced consonant
- can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
- to become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb
- elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- 喻 yù: 喻 yu4: to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory喻 Yù: 喻 Yu4: surname Yu
- 机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji
- 工夫 gōng fu: 工夫 gong1 fu5: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort工夫 gōng fū: 工夫 gong1 fu1: (old) laborer
- to drink (alcohol)