Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- industry; estate; property; industrial
- philanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
- the whole family; members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
- (lit.) to pass through one's hands; (fig.) to handle; to deal with
- morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days; (coll.) (this, or that) point of time; (dialect) at some time in the future
- in short supply; scarce
- enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
- to evade; to shirk
- to banter flirtatiously (idiom)
- honest and considerate
- lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
- 权 Quán: 权 Quan2: surname Quan权 quán: 权 quan2: authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary
- to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
- disaster; calamity
- to collude; in collusion with
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- to behead; to decapitate
- (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
- lowest point; nadir; minimum level
- cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well
- vegetable and meat dishes; dish
- to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution
- lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end
- protective umbrella; fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt)
- godfather
- to concretize
- unconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness
- overall; in general terms
- steady as Mt Tai; as safe as houses
- can be found everywhere
- behind sb's back; secretly
- tabletop; countertop; (fig.) public view; plain sight; (gambling) stake