Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- residence; dwelling; abode
- to be good at; to be adept at
- (historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official; teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)
- similar things come together (idiom); like draws like; Birds of a feather flock together.
- burly; strapping; big and strong
- (idiom) extraordinary
- to send word; to deliver a letter
- 节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- pit of fire; fig. living hell
- rash; impetuous; reckless
- lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
- lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom); fig. to give sth additional splendor; to provide the crowning touch; (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
- to win
- place; seat
- comfortably off; ample; plenty
- not at all; simply (can) not
- wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
- near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
- to settle down; to set up a home
- to sleep; to hibernate
- grasp it and victory is assured; to have success within one's grasp (idiom)
- (idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
- law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
- to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
- timid; weak
- first rate; top rank; number one
- to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime