Vocabulary: 繁花
- series; set
- stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper; Kuixing, Daoist God of fate
- Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
- 暴 Bào: 暴 Bao4: surname Bao暴 bào: 暴 bao4: sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- 解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
- 遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- arm
- ape
- 侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official
- healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in
- lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- to collect all the bits to make a whole
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- People's Bank of China (abbr. for 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2])
- 便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- wharf; dock; quay; pier
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
- 囤 dùn: 囤 dun4: bin for grain囤 tún: 囤 tun2: to store; to hoard
- 满 mǎn: 满 man3: to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented满 Mǎn: 满 Man3: Manchu ethnic group
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- barge; lighter
- to call at; to stop at; berth
- 几 jī: 几 ji1: small table几 jī: 几 ji1: (literary) almost几 jǐ: 几 ji3: how many; how much; several; a few
- to fill up
- pure white; spotlessly white
- flour
- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- recently; lately
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
- people who live and make a living on boats
- immediately; at once; right away
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- 吊 diào: 吊 diao4: to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person吊 diào: 吊 diao4: a string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with
- under the foot
- signal
- clear; distinct; obvious
- specialized
- bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to
- grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc); (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)