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墨香铜臭《魔道祖师》我有一头小花驴我从来也不骑 Chapter 6 [Vocabulary]

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

我有一只小毛驴 我从来也不骑

有一天我心血来潮骑着去赶集

我手里拿着小皮鞭 我心里正得意

不知怎么哗啦啦啦啦我摔了一身泥



尥蹶子

liào juě zi

(of mules, horses etc) to kick backward; to kick with the hind legs; fig. to flare up in anger; to display defiance



一无是处

yī wú shìchù

not one good point; everything about it is wrong



自诩

zìxǔ

to pose as; to flaunt oneself as; to boast of; to brag



怜香惜玉

lián xiāng xī yù

to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)



阳春白雪

yángchūn báixuě

melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚国; highbrow art and literature



一骑绝尘

一 yī one

骑 qí to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); measure word for saddle horses

绝 jué to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means

尘 chén dust; dirt; earth



心宽体胖

xīn kuāntǐ pán

big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing



鱼龙混杂

yúlóng hùnzá

lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk



逢魏必吵

逢 féng to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along

魏 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old); (Chinese surname)

必 bì certainly; must; will; necessarily

吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise



反思了一下自己为什么会沦落到跟一只驴子分同一个苹果


着手 zhuóshǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out

精密 jīngmì accuracy; exact; precise; refined

较为 jiàowéi comparatively; relatively; fairly

梳理 shūlǐ to comb; fig. to sort out



大张旗鼓办了亲事

大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare

办 bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up

了 le

亲事 qīnshì marriage



迄今为止

qìjīn wéizhǐ

so far; up to now; still (not)



江澄

江 jiāng river; (Chinese surname)

澄 chéng clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify; (Chinese surname)




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