Vocabulary: 草枕
- to rock; to shake; to sway
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- nib; pen point; the tip of a writing brush or pencil
- to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- in a moment of desperation
- old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to lose heart; to be discouraged
- 调制 tiáo zhì: 调制 tiao2 zhi4: to modulate; modulation调制 tiáo zhì: 调制 tiao2 zhi4: to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
- starch of pueraria root; arrowroot flour
- chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]
- to mix; to stir
- resistance; drag
- to press on
- stickiness; gluing strength; viscosity
- to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir
- until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- to insist on; to demand; to impose
- (idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind
- to win power; to get authority; to become dominant
- minute
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- youth; youthfulness
- 落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
- main hall; front courtyard; law court
- raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- used in 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1]
- 蛸 shāo: 蛸 shao1: octopus; used in 蠨蛸|蟏蛸[xiao1 shao1] and 肖蛸[xiao1 shao1]蛸 xiāo: 蛸 xiao1: used in 螵蛸[piao1 xiao1]
- seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script
- 梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang
- to read a sample chapter of a book; to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis; to attend classes on a trial basis
- to express; to convey
- feelings; mood
- to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- the human world; the earth