Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- heavy; burdensome; heavy-duty; arduous; onerous
- team
- to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
- to write a letter
- overcast and rainy
- continuous; uninterrupted
- bored; boring; senseless
- rich; sumptuous
- luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
- (idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
- great; grand
- guests; visitors
- ocean
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- dance; ball; party; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
- provoke, incite; stir up; arouse (attention)
- to do one's utmost
- to boast
- 本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story
- impatient; to lose patience
- to treat; treatment
- sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]
- character
- big and stout; big-hearted; open and honest; continuous; repeated
- initial; preliminary; tentative
- to judge (a competition); to appraise
- to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
- lowest point; nadir; minimum level
- dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- the outside world; external
- discouraged; downhearted
- unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental
- to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position
- 挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
- tongue-lashing; to chew out; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- to employ; to hire
- to do odd jobs; to do unskilled work
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)