Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- with a lightning move of the hand
- to fall; to drop
- especially
- to meet the eye; eye-catching; conspicuous
- 空心 kòng xīn: 空心 kong4 xin1: on an empty stomach空心 kōng xīn: 空心 kong1 xin1: hollow; (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside; (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
- to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair; unbiased
- minimal; extremely small
- to stagger (times)
- to tame; tame; docile
- 赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)
- (sports) draw; tie
- to block; to obstruct
- nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched
- to broil; to roast
- quicksand; (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava
- skillful in; proficient in; adept at
- high level
- lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual
- to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best); to get into (an industry, trade etc)
- extra; added; additional
- barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
- to polish; to burnish; to shine
- grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc); (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)
- club; staff; stick
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- splendid; gorgeous; dazzling
- closely linked with one another; interlocked; to interrelate
- (idiom) four-part structure of a composition: introduction, elucidation, pivot (shift in perspective), synthesis; (fig.) coherent structural progression in writing, narrative, or any unfolding process
- external force; pressure from outside