Vocabulary: 草枕
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to look upon as; to regard as
- circumstances; plot; storyline
- actor; actress; performer
- how; what way; what
- essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- poetry; poetic quality or flavor
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 尽量 jǐn liàng: 尽量 jin3 liang4: as much as possible; to the greatest extent尽量 jìn liàng: 尽量 jin4 liang4: as much as possible; to the greatest extent
- simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- thrifty; frugal
- in order to; hoping to; attempting to; waiting for
- to reach; to achieve; to attain
- and so on; and such
- undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- to have; to possess
- to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
- to approach; to get close to
- 尽可能 jǐn kě néng: 尽可能 jin3 ke3 neng2: as far as possible; to the best of one's ability尽可能 jìn kě néng: 尽可能 jin4 ke3 neng2: see 儘可能|尽可能[jin3 ke3 neng2]
- ancient times
- called; named
- Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- to pass water; to piss; to urinate; to wee wee
- cultured; sophisticated
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- haiku (Japanese poetic form)
- there is no harm in; might as well
- hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- peasant; farmer
- (coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
- elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
- to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
- each; respective; apiece
- (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- 小说家 Xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 Xiao3 shuo1 jia1: School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)小说家 xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 xiao3 shuo1 jia1: novelist
- to seek; to pursue; to investigate