Vocabulary: 繁花
- see 太倉市|太仓市[Tai4 cang1 Shi4]
- subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- to be grateful
- to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
- later period; end stage; terminal
- to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- skin and flesh; the physical body; (fig.) the superficial layer; surface aspects
- brassiere (underwear); bra
- brightly colored; gaudy
- 公道 gōng dao: 公道 gong1 dao5: fair; equitable公道 gōng dào: 公道 gong1 dao4: justice; fairness; public highway
- to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to pilfer; to dally with women; to have affairs
- confidence trick in which a man is lured by an attractive woman
- pigeon; dove
- to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
- to kidnap (for ransom)
- chest pain; chest distress
- heart disease
- greeting card; congratulation card
- gift; present; CL:件[jian4],份[fen4]
- to celebrate a birthday
- (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
- Valentine's Day
- International Women's Day (March 8)
- 节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday
- excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
- head; be headed by
- charm; loveliness (of a woman)
- the present time; to be faced with
- to be able to withstand; to be able to endure
- to harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind
- upright and honorable
- greed; avarice; rapacious; avid
- Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
- to mold (into seductive shape); to dress up (usu. derogatory); to sex up
- fame and profit