Vocabulary
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| 一气呵成 一氣呵成 | to do something at one go; to flow smoothly | Idiom |
| 腥风血雨 腥風血雨 | lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); fig. reign of terror; carnage | Idiom |
| 咬文嚼字 咬文嚼字 | to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording | Idiom |
| 浓墨重彩 濃墨重彩 | thick and heavy in colors; to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom) | Idiom |
| 生机勃勃 生機勃勃 | full of vitality | Idiom |
| 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 | surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale | Idiom |
| 心有余悸 心有餘悸 | to have lingering fears; trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom) | Idiom |
| 挥汗如雨 揮汗如雨 | to drip with sweat; sweat poured off (him) | Idiom |
| 精雕细刻 精雕細刻 | lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision | Idiom |
| 大功告成 大功告成 | successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful | Xiehouyu |
| 丧胆 喪膽 | panic-stricken; scared out of one's wits | Xiehouyu |
| 非同小可 非同小可 | extremely important; no small matter | Xiehouyu |
| 借题发挥 借題發揮 | to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss | Xiehouyu |
| 露头 露頭 | to show one's head; to give a sign to show one's presence | Xiehouyu |
| 别具一格 別具一格 | having a unique or distinctive style | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 悬 懸 | to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation | Xiehouyu |
| 磨牙 磨牙 | to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar | Colloquialism |
| 整治 整治 | to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc) | 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 |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 宗族 宗族 | clan; clansman | |
| 祠堂 祠堂 | ancestral hall; memorial hall | |
| 功名 功名 | scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory | |
| 藏书 藏書 | to collect books; library collection | |
| 族谱 族譜 | genealogical record; family history; lineage | |
| 先祖 先祖 | (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors | |
| 精湛 精湛 | consummate; exquisite | |
| 一族 一族 | social group; subculture; family; clan; see also | |
| 迁入 遷入 | to move in (to new lodging) | |
| 天理 天理 | Heaven's law; the natural order of things | |
| 繁衍 繁衍 | to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity | |
| 刻印 刻印 | to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression | |
| 诸子 諸子 | various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius, Daoism by Laozi and Zhuangzi, Mohism by Moz | |
| 田产 田產 | estate; lands | |
| 织布 織布 | woven cloth; to weave cloth | |
| 故里 故里 | home town; native place | |
| 山岳 山嶽 | mountain; hill; lofty mountain | |
| 蜿蜒 蜿蜒 | (of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind | |
| 江畔 江畔 | riverbank | |
| 自幼 自幼 | from childhood | |
| 景致 景緻 | view; scenery; scene | |
| 宅院 宅院 | house; house with a courtyard | |
| 重镇 重鎮 | (military) strategic town; (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) | |
| 良田 良田 | good agricultural land; fertile land | |
| 百余 百餘 | a hundred or more | |
| 绵延 綿延 | (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken | |
| 迁居 遷居 | to move (from one residence to another) | |
| 石碑 石碑 | stele; stone tablet (for inscription) |