Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- (idiom) barren land; desert
- old; ancient; far away
- to strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
- small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children
- to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
- vitality; dynamism
- active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
- the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- to strive; to struggle
- to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)
- to hate; hatred; enmity; hostility
- groundless; baseless
- hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
- ruler
- to initiate; to start; to found
- initial stage; beginning period
- to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer
- equal; equality
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate
- lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
- to replace; to take over (a position or post)
- to be overwhelmed by emotions
- crafty; astute
- wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]
- to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
- Blu-ray (disc format)
- to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4]
- in the blink of an eye
- to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
- lonely; solitary
- siesta; afternoon nap
- to be surprised; to be astonished
- prestige; distinction; reputation; trust
- work clothes; workwear
- toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
- top-notch; first-rate
- store; shop; CL:家[jia1]
- to spend money
- to choose; to select
- to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
- 刮 guā: 刮 gua1: to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort刮 guā: 刮 gua1: to blow (of the wind)
- to rescue; to pluck from danger