Vocabulary: 繁花
- lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
- to take possession of; to get hold of
- rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior
- the more the better
- can't say for sure; maybe
- low pitch; quiet (voice); subdued; low-key; low-profile
- to report (news); report; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4]
- to declare one's position; to say where one stands
- another province (relative to the local one)
- picture album
- to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]; professional
- (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- winding corridor; cloister; ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
- female guest; female visitor
- apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
- plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
- hair roller; curl (of hair)
- to take one's seat
- (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness
- to sit upright
- pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists; also used as a collective term for 評話|评话[ping2 hua4] (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] (sung storytelling)
- (bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files; crosspiece (of a table etc); (bound form) (of goods) grade; vendor's open-air stall; (Tw) timeslot for a show or program; classifier for shows; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dang3]
- lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions); to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
- 朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- (of a location) quiet and secluded; beautiful and secluded
- to welcome; welcome
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- heat; hot weather; summer heat
- eleventh lunar month
- 祁 qí: 祁 qi2: large; vast祁 Qí: 祁 Qi2: surname Qi
- 荷 hé: 荷 he2: lotus荷 hè: 荷 he4: to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility荷 Hé: 荷 He2: Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2])
- old verse; Classical Chinese poem