Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
- 世故 shì gù: 世故 shi4 gu4: the ways of the world世故 shì gu: 世故 shi4 gu5: sophisticated; worldly-wise
- special effect; stunt
- relations with other people
- whence; where
- to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)
- lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom); fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
- high salary
- to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
- exhausted; fatigued to the extreme
- eighty percent; most probably; most likely
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- a way out; a way to retreat; leeway
- painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
- to plan and prepare
- 核 hé: 核 he2: pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify核 hé: 核 he2: to investigate
- in perfect condition; without any defect
- to treat (an illness); medical treatment
- craftsman
- dignified; composed
- specialty; special knowledge or ability
- to grow light (at daybreak)
- 炮 pào: 炮 pao4: cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker炮 bāo: 炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating炮 páo: 炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
- upper garment
- to destroy
- can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist
- face to face
- to defend; to protect
- petite; delicate; dainty
- bait
- 中欧 Zhōng ōu: 中欧 Zhong1 ou1: Central Europe中欧 Zhōng ōu: 中欧 Zhong1 Ou1: Sino-European
- to work against the clock; to hurry with work to get it done in time
- to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
- necklace; CL:條|条[tiao2]