Vocabulary: 草枕
- increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- quiet
- landlord
- to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire
- clouds tinged with sunset hues
- 白云 Bái yún: 白云 Bai2 yun2: see 白雲區|白云区[Bai2 yun2 Qu1]白云 bái yún: 白云 bai2 yun2: white cloud
- distant; remote
- 乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
- beam; rafter
- helm; rudder
- 帆 fān: 帆 fan1: sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas帆 fān: 帆 fan1: to gallop; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve
- how
- unaffected; unpretentious; (literary) brightly colored; vibrant
- microscope; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to look for
- before; previously
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- vast
- vestigial residue; a throwback (to a former age)
- 讴歌 ōu gē: 讴歌 ou1 ge1: (literary) to celebrate in song; to eulogize讴歌 ōu gē: 讴歌 Ou1 ge1: Acura (Honda car model)
- golden yellow; golden
- bright; resplendent
- purple; violet (color)
- evening mist
- horsefly; gadfly
- very long; endless
- work; manual labor
- stamen; pistil
- hibernation; living in seclusion
- to fall down
- camellia
- all around
- quiet; peaceful; calm
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- in vain
- 空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: deserted空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng: 空空荡荡 kong1 kong1 dang4 dang4: absolutely empty (space); complete vacuum
- house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to welcome; welcome
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder