Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- all-around; comprehensive; total; overall
- to try in vain; futile attempt
- to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action; abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
- military
- to find out; to learn of
- ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
- handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb
- to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
- to transfer (personnel or material)
- lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom); fig. to elicit no response
- (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect
- border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region
- heavy responsibility
- to abscond; to be absent without leave
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- to pledge; to promise; oath; vow
- to pray for; to appeal
- midsummer; the height of summer
- torrential rain; rainstorm; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
- pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)
- resident; inhabitant
- to adapt; to fit; to suit
- of short duration; brief; momentary
- to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
- 舍 shě: 舍 she3: to give up; to abandon; to give alms舍 shè: 舍 she4: (bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]舍 Shè: 舍 She4: surname She
- to open wide; unrestrictedly
- furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
- (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
- (the) very first
- sword
- rapid advance; forced march
- tough as nails; formidable; kick-ass; plucky
- to fight a battle; to go to war
- 钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond
- to wear (a garment)