Vocabulary: 永夜君王
- to reprimand; to admonish; to lecture sb
- error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency
- to give sb a demerit
- frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds
- sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom); every cloud has a silver lining (idiom); see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1]
- to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit
- entirely different; different as black and white
- persevering; tenacious
- to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)
- to get carried away; to forget oneself
- disaster; doom
- to be employed; to be hired; hired; paid
- to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes
- the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
- to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion
- a turn for the better; to pick up; to improve
- lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); fig. very few
- 啵 bo: 啵 bo5: grammatical particle equivalent to 吧啵 bō: 啵 bo1: (onom.) to bubble
- bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to
- playmate
- to study away from home or abroad (old)
- to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
- 对头 dùi tou: 对头 dui4 tou5: (longstanding) opponent; enemy; inimical; adversary; opponent对头 dùi tóu: 对头 dui4 tou2: correct; normal; to be on good terms with; on the right track; right
- custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
- to begin; to start; then; only then
- to end
- to easily trust; gullible; naïve
- to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
- one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally
- sundown; sunset
- early summer
- imminent
- chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
- resurgence; recovery; restoration
- 范 fàn: 范 fan4: pattern; model; example范 Fàn: 范 Fan4: surname Fan
- 唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang
- to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
- brilliant; glorious
- air of arrogance; haughtiness
- rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
- clerical work in the office; office work; office staff; clerk