Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- water polo
- hollow of the palm
- scattered
- World War I (1914–1918)
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- confrontation
- to belittle; to scorn; to take sth lightly
- bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc); CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- (courteous) would you please ...
- limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
- the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose
- to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself); (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
- to detain; to hold in custody; to distrain; to seize property
- to draw; to derive; to absorb
- always clean; orderly; methodical
- to get ready (for a journey); ready and waiting
- pitch-dark (idiom)
- to keep one's lips sealed; (of a wound) to heal; to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc); the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc; (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)
- to swell; tympanites
- as before; as in the past
- as before; as ever
- in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash; to turn one's eyes
- 元 Yuán: 元 Yuan2: surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)元 yuán: 元 yuan2: currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- to regard as unimportant; to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc); (of an economy or a market) to slacken
- to slam (into); to smash (into)
- with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
- to wrestle
- main part; bulk; body; subject; agent
- saucer; small dish; CL:盤|盘[pan2]
- to avoid; so as to save (money or time)