Vocabulary: 草枕
- a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region
- gifted scholar
- trusted aide
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
- oxen and horses; beasts of burden; (fig.) drudge; laborer
- trusted aide; confidant
- colors of spring; spring scenery
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- March; third month (of the lunar year)
- middle third of a month
- to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- superficial; shallow
- 太平 tài píng: 太平 tai4 ping2: peace and security太平 Tài píng: 太平 Tai4 ping2: see 太平區|太平区[Tai4 ping2 Qu1]
- to return; to go back
- wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas; the whole wide world; chatting about everything under the sun
- (of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
- shaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded; hatless
- to stretch; to extend
- excuse me
- naughty; mischievous; unruly
- cotton cloth
- to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
- kasaya (robe of a Buddhist monk or nun) (loanword from Sanskrit)
- to stroll
- 挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- to handle (affairs); to work
- to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- child
- swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem
- full of pits and hollows; bumpy
- to require effort; strenuous
- (coll.) even if
- next time
- to knead; to massage; to rub
- 本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill
- (coll.) no good; of no use