Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
- 么 ma: 么 ma5: interrogative final particle么 má: 么 ma2: exclamatory final particle么 me: 么 me5: suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc么 Yāo: 么 Yao1: surname Yao么 yāo: 么 yao1: youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes
- to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- a saw; CL:把[ba3]
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
- the truth about sth; the actual facts
- to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to socialize; to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
- Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
- feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
- annoying; vexing
- to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand
- a saw (CL:把[ba3]); to saw
- 弹 dàn: 弹 dan4: crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball弹 tán: 弹 tan2: to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)
- to point out; to remind (sb of sth); to suggest; suggestion; tip; reminder; notice
- in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk
- bright and neat
- shameful
- inner quality; basic essence
- to welcome; to greet
- each; respective; apiece
- parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- courtesy; deferential treatment; polite reception
- to enter; to step into
- living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to sit down
- to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- enmity; hostility
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- to threaten; to menace
- to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- to come prepared
- to entertain; to be hospitable to
- scheming; shrewdness
- method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability; trick; wile