Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
- ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
- 魏 wèi: 魏 wei4: tower over a palace gateway (old)魏 Wèi: 魏 Wei4: surname Wei; name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1], one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty; the Wei dynasty 221–265; Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
- (idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
- lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom); fig. innumerable; countless
- live ammunition
- nameplate; data plate (on a machine)
- steep cliff; crag; precipice
- to act stupid; to pretend to be naive
- see 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4]
- table tennis; ping-pong; table tennis ball; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
- 汉 Hàn: 汉 Han4: Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)汉 hàn: 汉 han4: man
- connoisseur; expert
- to occur unexpectedly
- 麻 Má: 麻 Ma2: surname Ma麻 má: 麻 ma2: generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb
- lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
- to lose; to suffer defeat
- no wonder!; so that's why!
- to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
- to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute
- the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation
- chance of winning
- (slang) a cunning plot
- trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
- 戚 qī: 戚 qi1: grief; sorrow戚 Qī: 戚 Qi1: surname Qi戚 qī: 戚 qi1: (bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
- with bare hands; unarmed; fighting hand-to-hand; freehand (drawing)
- the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom); influential figure
- lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field; fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)