Vocabulary: 繁花
- to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
- political party; faction
- born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot
- hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
- lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly; concerned with petty interests; selfish and uncaring of the interests of others; bean counter
- to misguide; to corrupt (sb)
- nineteen; 19
- seventeen; 17
- to turn red; to blush; to flush
- to alert; to warn; police
- a senior monk
- to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
- reputation
- facing death; at death's door
- lower part of the body; genitalia; trousers
- vexed; distressed
- pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
- culottes; pantskirt
- (of a Buddhist monk or nun) to pass away; to die
- to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing
- an experienced person; sb who has "been around (the block)"; sb who has personally experienced it
- to link; to join; to connect
- to stuff full; to cram in; packed tight; chock full
- quilted cotton trousers; cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter)
- see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山區|中山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1]; Nakayama (Japanese surname); see 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
- shantytown
- scorcher; very hot day
- bunk beds
- ceiling; awning (under ceiling)
- grade; class number (in school); flight or run number; flight or run (seen as an item); shift (work period)
- vapor
- flaky pastry; crunchy; limp; soft; silky
- electrician; electrical engineering; electrical work (in a house)
- unable to change sth; unable to deal with
- soft, ineffectual fist (usu. of a woman)