Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- bearing; manner; presence
- to alarm; to agitate
- to pay a visit; to call on
- to be rude; to treat irreverently
- deformity; handicapped
- dainty; elegance; elegant
- hermit
- refined and courteous; urbane
- elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise
- courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite
- 戴 dài: 戴 dai4: to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support戴 Dài: 戴 Dai4: surname Dai
- gentleman
- outside the door
- ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
- hat that goes with formal dress; top hat
- beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- in front of the door
- to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)
- Excuse me, may I ask...?
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- title; appellation; form of address
- self-introduction; to introduce oneself
- hospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests; hospitable; friendly
- beaming; all smiles
- to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
- pall (casket covering)
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- automatic; voluntarily
- crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person
- to encounter; to rendezvous; to converge; to meet (a payment)
- to forget
- to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
- condition; state; state of affairs
- spacious and empty; void