Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- coal dust; coal slack
- to explain clearly; to elucidate
- 召 zhào: 召 zhao4: to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)召 Shào: 召 Shao4: surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- unexpected; previously unimagined
- to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)
- 石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- cliff-ledge; stone step
- setting sun
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- to be able to hear; can hear
- back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
- to attract people's affection; charming; delightful
- to take care of oneself
- carriage; CL:節|节[jie2]
- to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election)
- person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
- to open one's eyes wide; to stare; to glare (at sb); to scowl
- on stage
- to become agitated; to feel nervous
- railway line
- brightly lit
- consciousness; state of mind; compos mentis
- collar; neck
- railway platform
- flexible; not rigid; spongy; soft or runny (not set hard); loose (soil)
- to be higher (than the stated amount) by ...
- to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]
- car door; door of bus, railway carriage etc
- unwell; indisposed; out of sorts
- waiting room (for train, bus etc)
- lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
- 逮 dǎi: 逮 dai3: (coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture逮 dài: 逮 dai4: (literary) to reach; used in 逮捕[dai4 bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])
- serious injury; seriously injured
- 空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: deserted空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: absolutely empty (space); complete vacuum
- lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster