Vocabulary: 永夜君王
- bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement
- motive force; traction
- free from vulgarity; refined; outstanding
- peerless artwork; absolute gem
- ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit
- to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment
- to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture
- to live in ease and comfort
- (literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally
- melancholy
- master (i.e. employer); landlord; boss
- sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided
- contraband goods
- to become intoxicated after having only one or two drinks
- nocturnal bird
- to fret; to get impatient; to become anxious
- to rebuke; to reprimand
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear
- a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
- to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
- to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with sb; Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
- to cry; to wail
- to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding
- to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious
- progress step by step; gradual progress; to move forward (slowly)
- lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
- responsible and diligent (idiom)
- to select the best
- steel beam; girder