Vocabulary: 繁花
- 伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi
- to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
- 人大 rén dà: 人大 ren2 da4: people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2 min2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])人大 Rén dà: 人大 Ren2 da4: Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])
- Hilton (hotel chain)
- afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
- suitable; to one's liking; to get along together
- to smile apologetically or obsequiously
- 受累 shòu lèi: 受累 shou4 lei4: to be put to a lot of trouble受累 shòu lěi: 受累 shou4 lei3: to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
- to get through to sb on the phone
- rising in spirals
- to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
- fig. the man sings and the woman follows; fig. marital harmony
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb)
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature; Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject; Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government; Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- 耶 yē: 耶 ye1: (phonetic ye)耶 yé: 耶 ye2: interrogative particle (classical)耶 ye: 耶 ye5: final particle indicating enthusiasm etc
- reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform
- to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb)
- to move back and forth; to fiddle with
- old-fashioned; old-school
- to part on bad terms; (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- to hate out of jealousy; to resent
- to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
- fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
- what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
- there
- to serve tea (to guests)
- moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)
- throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]