Vocabulary: 繁花
- visually attractive; eye candy; easy on the eyes; to protect the eyes
- to pull tight; tensioning
- the body; one's health
- to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
- tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- hair (on the head)
- to flutter; to dance in the breeze
- 劲 jìng: 劲 jing4: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful劲 jìn: 劲 jin4: strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]
- to hear
- Huangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi 浦西[Pu3 xi1] (west of the river) and Pudong 浦東|浦东[Pu3 dong1] (east of the river)
- boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- wide; broad; extensive; vast
- hum; drone; buzz
- to console; to comfort; to soothe
- (Tw) young people; youngster
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
- child; daughter
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- 吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- not to allow; must not; can't
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 嗯 en: 嗯 en5: interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement嗯 èn: 嗯 en4: (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?嗯 ēn: 嗯 en1: (a groaning sound)
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
- to know
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- forever; eternal
- to remember; to recall; memory
- here; this place
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- ground floor; first floor