Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- rule; regulation
- use; application
- to do something stupid; to pretend not to know; to stare blankly
- to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
- brightly colored decorations (idiom); splendid
- to grow (a plant) in a pot; potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
- part; component
- (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc); smashed to pieces; completely routed
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all
- to make a pun; to have a double meaning; double entendre
- here
- radius
- 伞 sǎn: 伞 san3: umbrella; parasol; CL:把[ba3]伞 sǎn: 伞 san3: damask silk
- to seep; to percolate
- canine tooth
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
- to be plagued with misfortunes; precarious
- lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom); fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
- (of a spacecraft) to splash down; (of a liquid) to splash onto a surface