Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃

• dì sān kēdi4 san1 ke1第三颗x1 | Book Rank #21848
• tùi, tùntui4, tun4褪x2 | Book Rank #16482褪 tùi: 褪 tui4: to take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade; (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade; Taiwan pr. [tun4]褪 tùn: 褪 tun4: to slip out of sth; to hide sth in one's sleeve
• lì bù cóng xīnli4 bu4 cong2 xin1力不从心x3 | Book Rank #13415(idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
• quē xiànque1 xian4缺陷x2 | Book Rank #16483defect; flaw
• diàn lìdian4 li4电力x1 | Book Rank #21849electrical power; electricity
• fā máfa1 ma2发麻x3 | Book Rank #13416to feel numb
• zhū gānzhu1 gan1猪肝x1 | Book Rank #21850
• liǎng tóuliang3 tou2两头x8 | Book Rank #7514both ends; both parties to a deal
• dì sì kēdi4 si4 ke1第四颗x1 | Book Rank #21851
• zhǎnzhan3斩x61 | Book Rank #1671to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• qiān fēn zhī yīqian1 fen1 zhi1 yi1千分之一x2 | Book Rank #16484
• biān pàobian1 pao4鞭炮x2 | Book Rank #16485firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; CL:枚[mei2]
• huàng yōu yōuhuang4 you1 you1晃悠悠x1 | Book Rank #21852
• zhà yào bāozha4 yao4 bao1炸药包x1 | Book Rank #21853
• dì zào zhědi4 zao4 zhe3缔造者x1 | Book Rank #21854creator (of a great work); founder
• qiáo bù qǐqiao2 bu4 qi3瞧不起x4 | Book Rank #11453to look down upon; to hold in contempt
• jīng qiǎojing1 qiao3精巧x3 | Book Rank #13417elaborate
• hù nòng rénhu4 nong4 ren2糊弄人x1 | Book Rank #21855
• chá jīcha2 ji1茶几x1 | Book Rank #21856small side table; coffee table; teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
• wǔ liù fēnwu3 liu4 fen1五六分x1 | Book Rank #21857
• yí bàn liǎnyi2 ban4 lian3一半脸x1 | Book Rank #21858
• jū jǐnju1 jin3拘谨x1 | Book Rank #21859reserved; overcautious
• xiǎo hùn hùnxiao3 hun4 hun4小混混x1 | Book Rank #21860hooligan; rogue; a good-for-nothing
• pí nángpi2 nang2皮囊x2 | Book Rank #16486leather bag
• xiǎo dàixiao3 dai4小袋x2 | Book Rank #16487pouch
• xīn píng qì héxin1 ping2 qi4 he2心平气和x1 | Book Rank #21861tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress
• màn diǎnman4 dian3慢点x3 | Book Rank #13418
• zhuī shǎng qùzhui1 shang3 qu4追上去x7 | Book Rank #8179
• gǎn jǐngan3 jin3赶紧x1 | Book Rank #21862hurriedly; without delay
• guān huàguan1 hua4官话x1 | Book Rank #21863"officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
• cā shìca1 shi4擦拭x1 | Book Rank #21864to wipe clean
• lǎo gāolao3 gao1老高x1 | Book Rank #21865
• yí gè jiǎo yìnyi2 ge4 jiao3 yin4一个脚印x2 | Book Rank #16488
• fēng chén pú púfeng1 chen2 pu2 pu2风尘仆仆x1 | Book Rank #21866lit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn
• gōng gàngong1 gan4公干x2 | Book Rank #16489public business; official work
• ná jià zina2 jia4 zi5拿架子x1 | Book Rank #21867to throw one's weight around; to put on airs
• yù juéyu4 jue2欲绝x6 | Book Rank #8975heartbroken; inconsolable
• chú gēnchu2 gen1除根x1 | Book Rank #21868to root out; to eliminate the roots; to cure once and for all
• shī shēnshi1 shen1尸身x3 | Book Rank #13419corpse; dead body
• jiā zhūjia1 zhu1加诸x9 | Book Rank #6944
• wǎng ránwang3 ran2枉然x3 | Book Rank #13420in vain; to no avail
• shuāng xīngshuang1 xing1双星x1 | Book Rank #21869double star
• móumou2眸x2 | Book Rank #16490pupil (of the eye); eye
• lǎo lèi zòng hénglao3 lei4 zong4 heng2老泪纵横x3 | Book Rank #13421
• sì shí yú niánsi4 shi2 yu2 nian2四十余年x1 | Book Rank #21870
• shàng bǎi rénshang4 bai3 ren2上百人x7 | Book Rank #8180
• qǐ shìqi3 shi4起誓x9 | Book Rank #6945to vow; to swear an oath
• zhuàng dǎozhuang4 dao3撞倒x3 | Book Rank #13422to knock down; to knock over; to run over (sb)
• qíu zhèngqiu2 zheng4求证x2 | Book Rank #16491to seek proof; to seek confirmation
• xuè jì bān bānxue4 ji4 ban1 ban1血迹斑斑x3 | Book Rank #13423bloodstained