Vocabulary: 第十八回 三道试题
from 射雕英雄传（二）
- 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉x1 | Chapter Rank #2671lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom); fig. to try to punch above one's weight
- 怒火中烧x1 | Chapter Rank #2672
- 扣x2 | Chapter Rank #1313to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) codebutton
- 三枚x6 | Chapter Rank #409
- 燕银梭x2 | Chapter Rank #1314
- 悄悄x2 | Chapter Rank #1315quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- 绕x2 | Chapter Rank #1316to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplexto spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour
- 后面x3 | Chapter Rank #854the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 咬牙x1 | Chapter Rank #2673to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth; gnaw
- 扬手x1 | Chapter Rank #2674
- 银x8 | Chapter Rank #298silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
- 梭x8 | Chapter Rank #299(textiles) shuttle
- 周转x1 | Chapter Rank #2675to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover; circulation; cash flow
- 此处x1 | Chapter Rank #2676this place; here (literary)
- 那般x1 | Chapter Rank #2677
- 慢吞吞x1 | Chapter Rank #2678very slow; exasperatingly slow
- 斗智x1 | Chapter Rank #2679battle of wits
- 炫x1 | Chapter Rank #2680to dazzle; to boast; to show off; (slang) cool; awesome
- 赌x1 | Chapter Rank #2681to bet; to gamble
- 争胜x1 | Chapter Rank #2682
- 生死x1 | Chapter Rank #2683life or death
- 俄顷x1 | Chapter Rank #2684in a moment; presently
- 精x1 | Chapter Rank #2685essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 开来x1 | Chapter Rank #2686
- 神威x1 | Chapter Rank #2687
- 凛凛x1 | Chapter Rank #2688
- 妙用无穷x1 | Chapter Rank #2689
- 所学x1 | Chapter Rank #2690
- 不可同日而语x1 | Chapter Rank #2691lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
- 醉x1 | Chapter Rank #2692intoxicated
- 料x1 | Chapter Rank #2693material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
- 倏x1 | Chapter Rank #2694sudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. [shu4]
- 施x2 | Chapter Rank #1317surname Shi(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- 暗算x1 | Chapter Rank #2695to plot against
- 切x1 | Chapter Rank #2696to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangentialdefinitely; 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)
- 尚x4 | Chapter Rank #617surname Shangstill; yet; to value; to esteem
- 笑语x1 | Chapter Rank #2697talking and laughing; cheerful talk
- 弄鬼x2 | Chapter Rank #1318
- 察看x1 | Chapter Rank #2698to watch; to look carefully at
- 劲x6 | Chapter Rank #410strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful
- 暗器x3 | Chapter Rank #855concealed weapon
- 射x2 | Chapter Rank #1319to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)
- 兀自x4 | Chapter Rank #618(literary) still; yet
- 未觉x1 | Chapter Rank #2699
- 噗x3 | Chapter Rank #856(onom.) pop; plop; pfff; putt-putt of a motor
- 三声x1 | Chapter Rank #2700
- 背心x1 | Chapter Rank #2701sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc); CL:件[jian4]
- 穿着x1 | Chapter Rank #2702attire; clothes; dress
- 软x1 | Chapter Rank #2703soft; flexible
- 猬x1 | Chapter Rank #2704(bound form) hedgehog