Vocabulary: 家肴
- bustling with noise and excitement; lively
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- compared with
- to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
- food
- to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- to depart; to leave
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to exist; to be; existence
- female cousin through a female relative
- brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
- to dazzle; dazzling
- (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
- 长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
- to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
- waist
- to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- 洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- to turn pale; to lose color; to go white
- overalls (clothing); coveralls
- propaganda poster; advertising hoarding
- health; healthy
- handsome; smart; dashing; elegant
- young
- working woman
- to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
- 厂 hǎn: 厂 han3: "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc厂 chǎng: 厂 chang3: factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- without any reason; for no reason
- to know; to be aware
- older male cousin through a female relative