Vocabulary: 秘密花园
- brave; courageous
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- contribution; meritorious service; credit
- ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
- (idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
- 上头 shàng tou: 上头 shang4 tou5: the top; the upper part; (its) surface; the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups上头 shàng tóu: 上头 shang4 tou2: (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention; (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
- (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
- to look around; to survey
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s)
- dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)
- stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
- 摩挲 mā sa: 摩挲 ma1 sa5: (coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand; Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1]摩挲 mó sūo: 摩挲 mo2 suo1: to stroke; to caress
- chin
- nonentity; a nobody
- lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
- unable to understand; unable to get over
- to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness
- or; either one or the other
- (archaic) to live in seclusion; to pass away
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- to prevent; to block
- (of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge
- sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp; tip-top; most advanced and sophisticated; highest peak; the best
- to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere; unflagging efforts
- pure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest
- to break ground (prior to building sth); to start building
- 地道 dì dao: 地道 di4 dao5: authentic; genuine; proper地道 dì dào: 地道 di4 dao4: tunnel; causeway
- basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- new hand; novice; raw recruit
- limited; finite
- pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
- deep at night
- kettle; canteen; watering can
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- strength; intensity; CL:個|个[ge4]