Vocabulary: 繁花
- baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3])
- wine shop; liquor store; bottle shop; bar; pub
- a tune; a melody; accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language); tone (manner of expression); elegance; refinement
- dainty; elegance; elegant
- museum
- 益 yì: 益 yi4: benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more益 Yì: 益 Yi4: surname Yi
- blade; razor blade; tool bit
- flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
- shrimp meat; shelled shrimp
- net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
- (usu. of livestock) fat
- 笼 lóng: 笼 long2: enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket笼 lǒng: 笼 long3: to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子|笼子[long3 zi5]) large box; Taiwan pr. [long2]
- to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)
- (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- to thicken with cornstarch
- 好吃 hào chī: 好吃 hao4 chi1: to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous好吃 hǎo chī: 好吃 hao3 chi1: tasty; delicious
- hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
- skin
- secret recipe
- live pig
- pill; CL:粒[li4]
- to give it a try
- used in 豆蔻[dou4 kou4]
- swimming; to swim
- change room; dressing room; locker room; (euphemism) toilet
- to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- the extremity of the foot
- to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
- insane; mad; wild
- kind of dumpling; sticky rice ball
- mound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits); (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5] etc) to stick together; to form a clump
- pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag
- nourishing; nutritious
- female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]
- fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure
- 膏 gào: 膏 gao4: to moisten; to grease; to apply (cream, ointment); to dip a brush in ink膏 gāo: 膏 gao1: ointment; paste; CL:帖[tie3]
- opposite polarities attract; (fig.) opposite sexes attract; opposites attract
- black armband
- soul; spirit