Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve
- to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
- man (i.e. manly, masculine)
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
- blind person
- 范 fàn: 范 fan4: pattern; model; example范 Fàn: 范 Fan4: surname Fan
- wrought iron
- gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
- to shake; to rock
- firm; secure
- Herbert (name)
- outskirts
- to arrive late
- to act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)
- to slight; to neglect
- pale; wan
- to remain silent; to have nothing to say
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- to light a lamp
- color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather
- dusky
- a glimmer; twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight); flickering light
- night sky
- to shelter; to shelter from
- to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- to eat and drink; food and drink
- 供 gōng: 供 gong1: to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)供 gòng: 供 gong4: to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])
- equipment; facilities; installations
- delicate; fine; exquisite; refined
- twice as much; double the amount
- one-quarter
- identical; same
- gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom); fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace)
- old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
- nice; pleasant; charming; hospitable to people