Vocabulary: 繁花
- pedal (in a car, on a piano etc); treadle; footstool; footrest; footboard
- cart driver; coachman
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- shaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded; hatless
- gang of bandits; criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)
- 查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
- in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden
- rich peasant; social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2]
- to help to resolve a dispute; to smooth things over
- 鲜 xiān: 鲜 xian1: fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods鲜 xiǎn: 鲜 xian3: few; rare鲜 xiān: 鲜 xian1: fish
- Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1] and often worn by Mao Zedong
- messy; disarrayed; disheveled
- sumptuous meal; banquet
- 哈 Hā: 哈 Ha1: abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1 sa4 ke4 si1 tan3], Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Harbin哈 hā: 哈 ha1: (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2])哈 hǎ: 哈 ha3: a Pekinese; a pug; (dialect) to scold
- sugar; sweets; candy; CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]
- tangerine; CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]
- to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
- to break the law
- 区 ōu: 区 Ou1: surname Ou区 qū: 区 qu1: area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]
- hoodlum; hooligan; young rowdy
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
- see 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4]
- to perform in opera
- theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
- addiction; craving
- lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
- to clutch; to grab; to capture
- porter
- couch
- slaughterhouse; abattoir
- duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) male prostitute
- used in 豬玀|猪猡[zhu1 luo2]