Vocabulary: 繁花
- to contain; to include
- way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- 乙 yǐ: 乙 yi3: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°乙 zhé: 乙 zhe2: turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
- to lift up; to hold high
- floor; ground; surface
- 刮 guā: 刮 gua1: to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort刮 guā: 刮 gua1: to blow (of the wind)
- to draw support from; with the help of
- stream of air; airflow; slipstream; draft; breath; turbulence (of aircraft)
- strength; power; efficacy
- if; in case; in the event that
- to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
- 归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui
- party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方[jia3 fang1], party A)
- all; to have; to possess; to own
- course of events; process
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping
- lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from
- slight; faint; humble
- to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
- so that; so as to; in order to
- to sweep along; to coerce
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- powerful; forceful; vigorous
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 拗 nìu: 拗 niu4: stubborn; perverse; contrary拗 ǎo: 拗 ao3: (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)拗 ào: 拗 ao4: (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
- to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); CL:道[dao4]
- to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds); to heal (scars)
- repeatedly; time and time again
- rubber band
- to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood); to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car); to strap down
- Chinese olive; olive
- 核 hé: 核 he2: pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify核 hé: 核 he2: to investigate
- et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc); (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)