Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- to be estranged
- official residence
- ugly; shameful; to ridicule
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- heredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring)
- father and son
- sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
- pretty and flirtatious
- to rise; to fly upward
- upright; regular; proper; correct
- to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
- affected; artificial; to make; to manufacture
- (bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2]); (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")
- 大方 dà fāng: 大方 da4 fang1: expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea大方 dà fang: 大方 da4 fang5: generous; magnanimous; stylish; in good taste; easy-mannered; natural and relaxed大方 Dà fāng: 大方 Da4 fang1: see 大方縣|大方县[Da4 fang1 Xian4]
- to blame; to reprove; to reprimand; to expel; to oust; to reconnoiter; (of territory) to expand; saline marsh
- the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical
- (stage) set
- talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted
- repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance
- oafish; dull-witted
- to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)
- 圣母 Shèng mǔ: 圣母 Sheng4 mu3: the Virgin Mary圣母 shèng mǔ: 圣母 sheng4 mu3: goddess
- breast; udder
- virginity; chastity
- sex life
- happy; blissful
- to level the land; level ground; plain
- senior; older generation; precursor
- sculpture; (carved) statue; CL:尊[zun1]
- chest; bosom
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- execution by fire; burning at the stake
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- penetrating insight
- one's proper business
- wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas; the whole wide world; chatting about everything under the sun
- to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- horrid