Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
- thick soup
- related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units)
- to dredge up; to scoop up from the water; to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
- reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad
- ugly person
- as different as can be (idiom); poles apart
- lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?
- (derog.) opera singer; actor
- to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
- to sb's face; in sb's presence
- to be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated
- to start; at first; beginning
- timid; cowardly; rustic; Taiwan pr. [que4]
- lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
- sycophant; toady; bootlicker
- fierce tiger
- warlike
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- physical strength; power
- guests; visitors
- unknown person; nobody
- the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking
- outer layer; outer shell
- current situation; circumstances; current trend
- at a fast pace
- lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom); fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once; cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
- to start to have doubts; to grow suspicious
- pageant; distinguished meeting
- ranking; ordered list; top 20; roll of honor; to come nth out of 100
- young guard; young and vigorous group with new ideas; new wave