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墨香铜臭《魔道祖师》夫夫双双把山下 Chapter 20 [Vocabulary]

Writer's picture: 鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng

Updated: Feb 25

叫苦不迭 jiàokǔ bùdié to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances



不免心想


不免 bùmiǎn inevitably

心想 xīnxiǎng to think to oneself; to think; to assume



匪夷所思 fěi yí suǒsī unimaginable; outrageous; freakish

据理力争 jùlǐ lìzhēng to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right



岂知,魏无羡一头扎进蓝忘机臂下,钻到了他背后,恨不得整个人顺着他这根身长玉立的杆子往上爬、爬上天才好。蓝忘机被他双手一圈,似乎整个人都僵住了



有过之而无不及


有 yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

过 guò to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along

之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation)

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

不及 bùjí to fall short of; not as good as; too late



若无其事 ruò wú qí shì as if nothing had happened (idiom); calmly; nonchalantly

世风日下 shìfēng rì xià public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)

人心不古 rénxīn bù gǔ the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)

不予置评 bùyǔ zhìpíng to make no comment; "no comment"



百晓生

百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of; (Chinese surname)

晓 xiǎo dawn; daybreak; to know; to let somebody know; to make explicit

生 shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student



诨名

诨 hùn jest; nickname



饕餮 tāotiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king;

zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes;

gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)

饕 tāo gluttonous; see 饕餮, zoomorphic mask motif

餮 tiè gluttonous; see 饕餮, zoomorphic mask motif

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