Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- then; after that; afterwards
- entertainment
- scheming; shrewdness
- purple
- 当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year
- nowadays; now
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- at the same time; simultaneously; (when stating a quantity that is a round number) exactly
- (bound form) hungry
- to cook food
- lit. to loosen one's purse; fig. to give generously to help others
- all things
- as scheduled; on time; punctual
- 美 měi: 美 mei3: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself美 Měi: 美 Mei3: (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
- 甘 gān: 甘 gan1: (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)甘 Gān: 甘 Gan1: surname Gan; short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- settled; steady; stable
- to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
- rattan; cane; vine
- to embroider; embroidery
- brocade; embroidered work; bright
- 切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- 雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: bird of prey
- 佳 jiā: 佳 jia1: beautiful; fine; good佳 Jiā: 佳 Jia1: surname Jia
- luster of gems
- faultless; perfect
- brightly lit
- crack; grudge
- eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
- to open one's eyes wide; to stare; to glare (at sb); to scowl
- obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- sunlight
- brilliance; splendor; magnificence
- setting sun
- to cross; to traverse
- inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting
- 查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- (literary) why?; for what reason?
- light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
- to peer; to scan; to examine carefully
- to change profession
- rouge and powder; (fig.) the fair sex