Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- thirsty
- blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
- 烈日 Liè rì: 烈日 Lie4 ri4: Liege, town in Belgium烈日 liè rì: 烈日 lie4 ri4: scorching sun
- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- today; the present time; now
- to bestow; to give
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- daydream; fantasy; to fantasize
- 胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- city gate
- precious stone; gem; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- to imbue with; to inculcate; to instill into; to teach; to impart; to channel water to another place
- (dialect) woman; wife
- to turn red (in the face); to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
- to preach; to explain publicly
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
- (idiom) anxious; in turmoil
- the ways of the world; the morals of the time
- fishy; not right; amiss
- chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess
- oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)
- creed; article of faith
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
- to care about; to take offense; to mind
- Kingdom of Heaven
- fever; pyrexia
- to blush; flush; red tide (algal bloom); menstruation
- rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
- to radiate; to shine; glitter of light; a glint
- 嗳 ǎi: 嗳 ai3: to belch; (interj. of disapproval)嗳 ài: 嗳 ai4: (interj. of regret)
- to cuddle
- sideburns; temples; hair on the temples
- to clean (with water or alcohol); to wipe and wash; to swab; to scrub
- temple (on the sides of human head)
- love; devotion (to children); affection, esp. towards children
- gesture; sign; signal
- omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow