Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- 下咽 xià yān: 下咽 xia4 yan1: (anatomy) hypopharynx下咽 xià yàn: 下咽 xia4 yan4: to swallow (food or drink)
- dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color)
- tired of; fed up with; sick of; (of a person) to annoy; to be tiresome
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- faint; indistinct
- to make better; to improve
- 渐 jiān: 渐 jian1: to imbue渐 jiàn: 渐 jian4: gradual; gradually
- to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery
- poles apart (idiom); entirely different
- wooden bench or stool; CL:張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2]
- tranquilizer; depressant; sedative
- fretful; impatient
- to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)
- family member; (family) dependent
- voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- to not say a word (idiom)
- tray; plate; dish; CL:個|个[ge4]
- with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly
- to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished
- to accompany
- death by hanging; to hang oneself
- ice-cold
- to pile up; to accumulate without being dealt with
- grievance; resentment; complaint
- pent-up frustration; petty annoyances
- to announce; to give notice; announcement
- to hoot
- lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist
- loss; to sustain losses
- to curb; to put a stop to; to stop; to check; to limit
- to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
- to collude; to collaborate; to gang up
- privately-owned; private
- mineral resources
- steady; calm and collected; not nervous
- rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
- to remain unmoved
- (idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
- (of speech) obscure; unclear; (of actions) vague; ineffectual