Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- 启 qǐ: 启 qi3: to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform启 Qǐ: 启 Qi3: Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- (finger) ring
- I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask
- (derog.) old-fashioned and stubborn person; stick in the mud
- to follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience
- (literary) ancient sage
- to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous; holier-than-thou
- cautious; careful; prudent
- special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite
- to die
- affection; comradeship
- saliva; to spit
- handrail; armrest
- beyond one's power (to do sth)
- to hold in high regard
- (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
- vast; huge
- principal cause; main reason
- wizard; magician
- to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
- inscription
- to chop wood; to chop down trees
- tough; unyielding; hard-line
- 毙 bì: 毙 bi4: to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death毙 bì: 毙 bi4: to collapse
- to stand on tiptoe; Taiwan pr. [dian4]
- to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive
- to save money (in a bank); savings
- 虞 Yú: 虞 Yu2: surname Yu虞 yú: 虞 yu2: (literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive; (literary) to deceive; to dupe