Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- nowhere
- in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
- (literary) like this; such (as this); so much; so many
- 翰 Hàn: 翰 Han4: surname Han翰 hàn: 翰 han4: writing brush; writing; pen
- outline; main threads
- to draw; to describe
- calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns
- scene; scenario; situation; setting
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- everywhere; in all respects
- to burst out laughing; to laugh
- Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]
- (literary) boy
- to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
- 段 Duàn: 段 Duan4: surname Duan段 duàn: 段 duan4: paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
- to encourage oneself
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple
- freezing weather; frosty sky
- 角 jué: 角 jue2: role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scale角 Jué: 角 Jue2: surname Jue角 jiǎo: 角 jiao3: angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 萧 xiāo: 萧 xiao1: (old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary萧 Xiāo: 萧 Xiao1: surname Xiao
- 嵩 Sōng: 嵩 Song1: Mt Song in Henan嵩 sōng: 嵩 song1: (literary) (of mountains) lofty
- beard; whiskers
- desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder
- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- Celosia argentea; luxuriant
- field; plain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
- to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting
- children of the nobility
- see 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[Lan2 ling2 Xian4]
- loyal; devoted; faithful
- offspring; descendant; progeny