Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- marble
- to carve; to engrave; carving
- to scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc); (statistical, geographic) distribution
- readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
- tooth; dental; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- clear and bright; with a big smile
- to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- to change into
- attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- wool; woolen thread
- to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- to ponder; to consider
- ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
- One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
- to bow and scrape; to act servilely
- monster; devil
- lit. able to support both heaven and earth; of indomitable spirit (idiom)
- whole; entire; total
- 乖乖 guāi guāi: 乖乖 guai1 guai1: (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie乖乖 guāi guai: 乖乖 guai1 guai5: goodness gracious!; oh my lord!
- to retreat into; to draw back into; (typography) to indent
- bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids
- to complete; to accomplish
- miracle; wonder; marvel
- to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount
- skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- to step forward bravely
- to compel; to force
- science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- to brag about; to flaunt
- verse; CL:行[hang2]
- captain; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 嵌 qiàn: 嵌 qian4: to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. [qian1]嵌 kǎn: 嵌 kan3: see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]
- (machine) gear; pinion (gear wheel)
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- to hunt; hunting