Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- lofty ideals; noble aspirations
- to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
- 中正 Zhōng zhèng: 中正 Zhong1 zheng4: adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]中正 zhōng zhèng: 中正 zhong1 zheng4: fair and honest
- element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate
- (idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns
- hurriedly
- numb; insensitive; apathetic
- trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential
- desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
- to blush; to redden; flushed
- undisciplined; unorganized
- drunken state
- 地道 dì dao: 地道 di4 dao5: authentic; genuine; proper地道 dì dào: 地道 di4 dao4: tunnel; causeway
- key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
- admittedly (it's true that...)
- to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- trusted aide; confidant
- member; group member
- to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)
- opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck
- good fortune; a blessing
- 劲 jìng: 劲 jing4: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful劲 jìn: 劲 jin4: strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]
- (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind
- to get drunk
- to divert one's attention; to get distracted; (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)
- second part; the equinox
- to feel remorse; to repent; to regret
- to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
- to give some attention to; to divert one's attention; to be distracted
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
- Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
- practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
- 白水 Bái shǔi: 白水 Bai2 shui3: see 白水縣|白水县[Bai2 shui3 Xian4]白水 bái shǔi: 白水 bai2 shui3: plain water
- beer; ale; (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley
- profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly
- to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)