Vocabulary: 第十八章 风与潮之夜（II）
from 龙族Ⅲ·黑月之潮（下）
- 顺利x1 | Chapter Rank #3891smoothly; without a hitch
- 接通x1 | Chapter Rank #3892to connect; to put through
- 老板x12 | Chapter Rank #284boss; business proprietor; CL:個|个[ge4]Robam (brand)
- 背景x2 | Chapter Rank #1967background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- 首x1 | Chapter Rank #3893head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 优美x1 | Chapter Rank #3894graceful; fine; elegant
- 高档x1 | Chapter Rank #3895superior quality; high grade; top grade
- 法x3 | Chapter Rank #1291France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])law
- 晚餐x1 | Chapter Rank #3896evening meal; dinner; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- 开门见山x1 | Chapter Rank #3897lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
- 老实x1 | Chapter Rank #3898honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- 出乎x1 | Chapter Rank #3899due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc); to go against (expectations)
- 赫尔佐格x4 | Chapter Rank #924
- 值得尊敬x1 | Chapter Rank #3900
- 对手x10 | Chapter Rank #336opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- 出乎意料x1 | Chapter Rank #3901(idiom) unexpected
- 冽x1 | Chapter Rank #3902cold and raw
- 凝重x1 | Chapter Rank #3903dignified; grave (expression); imposing (attitude); heavy (atmosphere); (music etc) deep and resounding
- 听不出x1 | Chapter Rank #3904
- 意味x1 | Chapter Rank #3905meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of
- 绝非x2 | Chapter Rank #1968absolutely not
- 平常x1 | Chapter Rank #3906ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily
- 顶尖x1 | Chapter Rank #3907peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field)
- 棋手x1 | Chapter Rank #3908chess player
- 棋盘x1 | Chapter Rank #3909chessboard
- 惨烈x1 | Chapter Rank #3910bitter; desperate
- 搏杀x1 | Chapter Rank #3911to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
- 不动声色x1 | Chapter Rank #3912not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected; not batting an eyelid
- 预估x1 | Chapter Rank #3913to estimate; to forecast; prediction; projection
- 棋局x1 | Chapter Rank #3914state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard
- 有意思x1 | Chapter Rank #3915interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- 短时间x1 | Chapter Rank #3916short term; short time
- 气候x1 | Chapter Rank #3917(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
- 大人物x1 | Chapter Rank #3918
- 至今x1 | Chapter Rank #3919so far; to this day; until now
- 神话x1 | Chapter Rank #3920legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology
- 猜测x2 | Chapter Rank #1969to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
- 类似x2 | Chapter Rank #1970similar; analogous
- 八x1 | Chapter Rank #3921eight
- 龙形x2 | Chapter Rank #1971
- 证实x1 | Chapter Rank #3922to confirm (sth to be true); to verify
- 语速x1 | Chapter Rank #3923
- 置身事外x1 | Chapter Rank #3924(idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
- 小组x2 | Chapter Rank #1972group
- 摆平x1 | Chapter Rank #3925to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc)
- 一肚子气x1 | Chapter Rank #3926
- 拐角x1 | Chapter Rank #3927to turn a corner; corner
- 闪x8 | Chapter Rank #437surname Shanto dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
- 指向x3 | Chapter Rank #1292to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- 甩手x1 | Chapter Rank #3928to swing one's arms; to wash one's hands of sth