Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- official (in an organization or government); administrator
- lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
- arable land; to plow land
- taxes; duties
- 加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
- to hunt; hunting
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
- poll tax
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- illegal; to break the law
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- to abide by the law
- bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple
- to act recklessly; to mess around
- to supervise; to superintend; inspector; censorship
- to report (to one's superior)
- trouble; difficulty; problem
- 公道 gōng dao: 公道 gong1 dao5: fair; equitable公道 gōng dào: 公道 gong1 dao4: justice; fairness; public highway
- 妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children
- woman; the female sex
- keen; sharp; acute
- to dissect (an animal); to analyze; anatomy
- 德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- rigid; inflexible
- prepared Chinese ink
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- to think about it
- (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
- evil forces; criminal elements
- penalty; punishment; to punish
- to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- heavy; hard; serious; critical
- to turn red; to blush; to flush
- ally
- sincere; honest; cordial
- self-evident truth; (math.) axiom