墨香铜臭《魔道祖师》爬床作死 Chapter 12 [Vocabulary]

作死 zuòsǐ to court disaster

烙印 làoyìn to brand (cattle etc); brand; (fig.) to leave a lasting mark;

to stigmatize; mark; stamp; stigma

轻车熟路

qīng chē shúlù

lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom); fig. to do something routinely and with ease; a walk in the park

狗胆包天 gǒu dǎn bāo tiān extremely daring (idiom); foolhardy

瞠目结舌 chēngmù jiéshé stupefied; flabbergasted

此地无银三百两

此地 cǐdì here; this place

无 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less

银 yín silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency

三百 sānbǎi three hundred

两 liǎng two; both; some; a few; tael

轻描淡写

qīng miáo dàn xiě

to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize (idiom)

静默 jìngmò silence; to stand in silence (in mourning)

从从容容 cóng cóngróng róng unhurried; all in good time

敬谢不敏 jìng xiè bù mǐn please excuse me for not complying; to politely decline

百思不得其解

bǎi sī bùdé qí jiě

百思不解

bǎi sī bùjiě

to remain puzzled after pondering over something a hundred times (idiom); to remain perplexed despite much thought

娇嗔 jiāochēn (of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly

不由得 bùyóu de can't help; cannot but

正统 zhèngtǒng orthodox; Zhengtong Emperor,

reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁镇(1427-1464),

reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗

眼帘 yǎnlián eyes (in literature); eyesight

亥时 hàishí 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

卯时 mǎoshí 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

结的梁子

结梁子 jié liáng zi (slang) to start a feud; to have a beef

凌驾 língjià to be above; to place above

慎重 shènzhòng cautious; careful; prudent

窘迫 jiǒngpò poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed

惊涛骇浪 jīngtāo hàilàng perilous situation

A lot more emphasis on Lan WangJi's scars than I recall.

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