Vocabulary: 繁花
- sapphire
- cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
- high official
- 扛 gāng: 扛 gang1: to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together扛 káng: 扛 kang2: to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
- sedan chair; palanquin; litter
- 划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
- to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- ancestor; forebear
- mourning hall; funeral hall
- in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
- to prepare a dead body for coffin
- 吉 jí: 吉 ji2: lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)吉 Jí: 吉 Ji2: short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Ji
- to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
- quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- head of a household
- (bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
- 钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on
- fellow villager
- to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
- flyswatter
- to weave; to knit
- to think about it
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- soles of the feet
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- wrought iron
- used in 啷當|啷当[lang1 dang1]; used in onomatopoeic words such as 哐啷[kuang1 lang1]
- fan; CL:把[ba3]
- emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
- ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape
- Elizabeth (person name)
- Ludwig (name)
- candle; wax
- 签 qiān: 签 qian1: to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visa签 qiān: 签 qian1: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag