Vocabulary: 草枕
- to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise
- (literary) quiet and desolate; lonely; vast and empty
- to link up; to thread together
- since ancient times; since times immemorial
- nowhere
- to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- 数 shù: 数 shu4: number; figure; several; a few数 shǔ: 数 shu3: to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list数 shùo: 数 shuo4: (literary) frequently; repeatedly
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- today
- secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- old and gray-haired
- look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]
- fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
- unconsciously
- white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]
- to complain; to sue; to tell
- to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- to think over
- margin; leeway
- to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at
- to rack one's brains
- to attempt; to try
- tune; melody
- theme; subject
- springtime
- to bring into; to channel into; to integrate into; to incorporate
- to arrive; to come
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- in front of the door
- aloud; loud; loudly
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
- hello (polite)
- to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)
- to buy; to purchase
- to bring sth to sb (news etc)
- to pass by or through
- to forge; to discipline; wrought
- to smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
- to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter