Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- (fig.) to temper; to forge; to toughen (through hardship or repeated trials)
- skill; art
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- to conflict; to contradict
- 席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi
- enthusiasm; zeal; vigor; strength
- local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
- witness
- morning
- an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command
- to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)
- to get angry
- to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining
- forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
- border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)
- (dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down; (dialect) to fire (an employee); (dialect) to reprimand
- to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
- to moisten; to dampen; to be steeped in; to be imbued with
- booger; dried nasal mucus
- to infiltrate; to sneak into
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous
- inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate
- profession; role (acting)
- part; component
- the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
- to light (a candle, cigarette etc)
- to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)
- to stand guard; to serve on sentry duty
- all over; from head to toe
- 召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
- light as a feather
- extremely urgent
- to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate