Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- (zoology) sea sponge; (esp.) dried sea sponge; sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc); foam rubber
- index finger; (literary) mouths to feed
- to sneak in; to infiltrate; to be piercingly painful; to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
- dark; dark colored
- raw material
- permanent
- dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
- sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise)
- to be in the majority
- desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- to discharge one's duties; conscientious
- (idiom) conscientious; assiduous
- arrangement; order; tidiness
- aged; senile
- to abdicate
- to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
- tactful; discreet
- (idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased
- rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders
- memorial arch
- to win power; to get authority; to become dominant
- immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
- to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up troubles
- superficial
- 徒 tú: 徒 tu2: (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence徒 Tú: 徒 Tu2: surname Tu
- ambition; desire for self-improvement
- to go into battle
- hardworking; diligent
- with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
- very lucky indeed
- to risk one's life