Vocabulary: 草枕
- in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white
- 埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- strong wind; gale
- lightning; CL:道[dao4]
- (on the) chest; bosom
- sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words
- scabbard
- to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
- at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning
- to link; to join; to connect
- everywhere; anywhere
- hillside
- to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
- hill
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to count on one's fingers
- cold (climate); frigid; very cold
- severe winter
- twelfth lunar month
- lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom); fig. as far as the eye can see; covering everything; omnipresent
- fruit farmer
- (idiom) strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing
- folk song; mountain song
- (idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous
- bird gun
- hunting
- remarkable; outstanding
- dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign
- to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
- nature; innate tendency
- to make progress; progress
- bearing; manner; mien
- to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom); (of music, literature etc) poignant; very sentimental