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墨香铜臭《魔道祖师》斗尸 Chapter 5 [Vocabulary]

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初出茅庐

chū chū máolú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn



退而求其次

tuì ér qiú qícì

to settle for second best; the next best thing



凝神

níngshén

with rapt attention


凝 níng to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare



欲发不发

yù fǎ bù fā


欲 yù desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed

发 fā to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue



信手

xìnshǒu

casually; in passing

信 xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence;

trust; at will; at random

手 shǒu hand


含光君

hán guāng jūn

蓝忘机

lán wàng jī


含 hán to keep; to contain; to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)

光 guāng light; ray; bright; only; merely; to use up

君 jūn monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler


蓝 lán blue; indigo plant; (Chinese surname)

忘机 wàngjī free of worldly concerns; above the fray; at peace with the world

忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect

机 jī machine; engine; opportunity; intention; aircraft; pivot; crucial point;

flexible (quick-witted); organic; (Chinese surname)



zhuài

to pull; to tug at (something)


拽 yè to drag; to haul

拽 zhuāi to throw; to fling

拽 zhuǎi alternate writing of 跩



诧异

chàyì

flabbergasted; astonished



对视一刹

对视 duìshì to look face to face

一 yī one

刹 chà Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗, Sanskrit "ksetra")



鄙视

bǐshì

to despise; to disdain; to look down upon



破晓

pòxiǎo

daybreak; dawn



鱼肚白

yúdù bái

white (paint from dried fish guts); marble white color of the dawn sky




The beloved donkey enters the scene.

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