Vocabulary
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| 豁然开朗 豁然開朗 | suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; fig. everything becomes clear at once; to achieve speedy enlightenment | Idiom |
| 另辟蹊径 另闢蹊徑 | to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail | Idiom |
| 行之有效 行之有效 | to be effective (idiom) | Idiom |
| 如鱼得水 如魚得水 | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | Idiom |
| 灰心丧气 灰心喪氣 | downhearted; downcast; in despair | Idiom |
| 泰然处之 泰然處之 | to handle the situation calmly (idiom); unruffled; to treat the situation lightly | Idiom |
| 大江东去 大江東去 | 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 江: large river; yangzi; surname · 东: east, eastern, eastward · 去: go away, leave, depart | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 宰相 宰相 | prime minister (in feudal China) | |
| 御史 御史 | imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) | |
| 淤泥 淤泥 | silt; sludge; ooze | |
| 斗笠 斗笠 | conical bamboo hat | |
| 通判 通判 | local magistrate | |
| 逆境 逆境 | adversity; predicament | |
| 西方极乐世界 西方極樂世界 | Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) | |
| 雪泥 雪泥 | dirty snow; slush; abbr. for | |
| 水调歌头 水調歌頭 | 水: water, liquid, lotion, juice · 调: transfer, move, change; tune · 歌: song, lyrics; sing, chant; praise · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss | |
| 假若 假若 | if; supposing; in case | |
| 隐居 隱居 | to live in seclusion | |
| 即位 即位 | to succeed to the throne; accession | |
| 虚无 虛無 | nothingness | |
| 滔滔 滔滔 | torrential | |
| 抗洪 抗洪 | to fight a flood | |
| 荒原 荒原 | wasteland | |
| 文坛 文壇 | literary circles | |
| 枯木 枯木 | dead tree | |
| 功名 功名 | scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 荒野 荒野 | wilderness | |
| 憔悴 憔悴 | wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered | |
| 诗文 詩文 | poetry and literature | |
| 清风 清風 | cool breeze; fig. pure and honest | |
| 仰慕 仰慕 | to admire | |
| 印记 印記 | imprint; trace | |
| 文风 文風 | writing style; (used with) cultural activity | |
| 苍茫 蒼茫 | boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon) | |
| 党政 黨政 | Party and government administration | |
| 菜肴 菜餚 | vegetable and meat dishes; dish | |
| 驸马 駙馬 | imperial son-in-law | |
| 感伤 感傷 | sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy | |
| 漫天 漫天 | lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see | |
| 临行 臨行 | on leaving; on the point of departure | |
| 荒地 荒地 | wasteland; uncultivated land |