Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- all around
- front line
- 斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- shield (CL:面[mian4]); (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
- to collide; collision
- 萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa
- 兰 Lán: 兰 Lan2: surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu兰 lán: 兰 lan2: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- (pay a) return visit
- to be on guard; alert; vigilance; alertness
- real situation; the truth; true emotions; true feelings
- live (e.g. broadcast or recording); what is actually happening; scene; the real situation
- to resist; to repel; to refuse
- to admit (to membership)
- not so good; not too well
- enigmatic; beyond one's depth; unfathomable
- first-class
- to match; to suit; mutually compatible
- thus
- 勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- everywhere
- to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
- bewildered; perplexed; confused; difficult problem; perplexity
- to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
- to learn of sth; to find out; to get news
- gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter
- janitor; watchman
- rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
- steam engine
- (idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc)
- calling of birds
- loud sound, such as that of thunder or a bomb; to rumble; to roar
- to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic
- smoke; to fumigate
- oil paints; lacquer; to paint; CL:層|层[ceng2]
- doorstep; threshold