Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- (bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment
- lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste
- the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and turning; fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly; things have taken a new turn
- drapery; curtain
- goods; commodity; merchandise; CL:宗[zong1]
- the power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination
- full responsibility
- to be strict with oneself
- opposing force (in war games); hypothetical enemy (in strategic studies)
- lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
- tune; melody; tuning; cadence; intonation; (speech) tone
- to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success
- to tear up; to rip up; too shred
- ability; competence
- spoken language; vernacular
- price tag
- Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
- to ask a price; to charge; (fig.) to attach conditions (in negotiations)
- to investigate; to observe; to scout; to seek out and examine; to explore
- to live one's life; to make a living
- filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
- to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere; unflagging efforts
- lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- to refuse to concede; not to give in
- at present
- private parts; genitalia
- 强国 qiáng gúo: 强国 qiang2 guo2: powerful country; great power强国 Qiáng gúo: 强国 Qiang2 guo2: (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
- ashamed of being inferior (idiom); to feel inferior to others
- (idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death
- earnings; profit
- to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop
- lackey; henchman
- a Hebrew