Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- red-purple; mauve; prune (color); claret
- second after; second only to
- divergent path; (fig.) wrong path
- scientific and technical staff
- (math.) quadrant (of the coordinate plane)
- (of water, prices etc) to rise and fall
- to grant whatever is asked for; to accede to every plea
- to be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
- tongue-tied; unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
- acute (of medical condition); grave
- candle; (literary) to illuminate
- to crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead; to show the way
- sigh (to express regret)
- old woman (at times contemptuous)
- Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
- counterrevolutionary
- sandpaper (i.e. abrasive)
- person who is crying their eyes out, whose face is wet with tears
- adult male
- yin and yang
- Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
- (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
- profession; role (acting)
- to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
- to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law
- one's old profession; trade of one's forebears
- client; customer
- to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)