Vocabulary: 繁花
- to praise; to approve of; to show approval
- friendship; friendly relations
- (of a period of time) long
- to visit relatives
- there is no need; why should
- lit. to squeeze out toothpaste; fig. to extract a confession under pressure
- sky
- light rain; drizzle
- minute hand (of a clock or watch); double crochet
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
- ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
- appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
- one's heart filled with; full of (joy)
- Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
- condiment; seasoning; flavoring
- choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage
- to turn around
- 不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
- drizzle; fine rain
- directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
- to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
- compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
- other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half
- (onom.) creaking and grating
- hardware; ironware
- to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to assemble (a party of persons); to rope in (some people)
- to spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc)
- mattress
- excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- bearing; attitude
- beautiful