Vocabulary: 诛仙
- deathly pale
- deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
- cone; awl; to bore
- dozen
- 哑 yā: 哑 ya1: (onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk哑 yǎ: 哑 ya3: mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
- smilingly; to be all smiles
- brother's daughter; niece
- a galaxy of talent (idiom); a great number of competent people
- to dismiss with a laugh; to make light of
- grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
- wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
- to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- to drown
- arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- a good beginning
- to award; commendation; citation
- model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
- to separate; to part
- (of a watch or clock) to keep time; (physics) propagation time; travel time (of a wave)
- conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned
- bottom of one's heart
- Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
- stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous
- to keep the law; to protect Buddha's teachings; protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
- a treasure; a rare and valuable thing
- (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
- annals
- unofficial history; history as popular legends
- to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches; CL:本[ben3]
- mountains and rivers; the whole country
- 氏 zhī: 氏 zhi1: used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]氏 shì: 氏 shi4: (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures