A Writer's Odyssey

A Writer's Odyssey 2021

刺杀小说家 cìshā xiǎoshuōjiā

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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4.1 Intermediate Director Lu Yang 🍅 93%

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斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely Idiom HSK 7
精疲力竭 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out Idiom HSK 7
没辙 沒轍 méi zhé at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out Xiehouyu HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
公道 公道 gōng dào justice; fairness; public highway Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure Xiehouyu HSK 7
闺女 閨女 guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
后备箱 後備箱 hòu bèi xiāng trunk; boot (of a car) HSK 7
不服气 不服氣 bù fú qì unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling HSK 7
外向 外向 wài xiàng extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented HSK 7
海量 海量 hǎi liàng huge volume HSK 7
不服 不服 bù fú not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to HSK 7
看热闹 看熱鬧 kàn rè nao to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are HSK 7
绝缘 絕緣 jué yuán to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate HSK 7
倔 倔 jué used in 倔强 HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
拐弯 拐彎 guǎi wān to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction HSK 7
就医 就醫 jiù yī to receive medical treatment HSK 7
界线 界線 jiè xiàn limits; bounds; dividing line HSK 7
仇人 仇人 chóu rén foe; one's personal enemy HSK 7
下山 下山 xià shān to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
吝啬 吝嗇 lìn sè stingy; mean; miserly HSK 7
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad HSK 7
跨国 跨國 kuà guó transnational; multinational HSK 7
响亮 響亮 xiǎng liàng loud and clear; resounding HSK 7
瞅 瞅 chǒu (dialect) to look at HSK 7
打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea) HSK 7
好在 好在 hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
闸 閘 zhá gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker HSK 7
拖累 拖累 tuō lěi to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate HSK 7
身躯 身軀 shēn qū body HSK 7
脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage HSK 7
妖怪 妖怪 yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
皇宫 皇宮 huáng gōng imperial palace HSK 7
脸颊 臉頰 liǎn jiá cheek HSK 7
爪子 爪子 zhuǎ zi (animal's) claw HSK 7
徒步 徒步 tú bù to be on foot HSK 7
安抚 安撫 ān fǔ to placate; to pacify; to appease HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake HSK 7
缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny HSK 7
浮现 浮現 fú xiàn to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..) HSK 7
撇 撇 piē to cast away; to fling aside HSK 7
宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace HSK 7
前台 前臺 qián tái stage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); front desk; reception desk; (computing) front-end; foreground HSK 7
晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7