Vocabulary: 繁花
- dried persimmon
- chessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation
- empress
- to face upwards; to look up to the sky
- broad outline; gist; summary
- wonderful; marvelous; brilliant
- to examine; to check up on; to assess; to review; appraisal; review; evaluation
- male guest; male visitor
- echo; reply; turn (ornament in music)
- to have; to possess
- to appreciate (as a connoisseur)
- the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent
- unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
- slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
- Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei
- consultation; reference; to consult; to refer
- autograph; to sign one's name
- lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path
- firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]
- archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies
- Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.; Never say die.
- Excuse me, I must be leaving now.
- eaves; roof (i.e. home)
- red coral; precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
- coral
- tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
- bewitching; beautiful
- by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently
- to be situated; located at (of building); also written 坐落[zuo4 luo4]
- domain; territory
- light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1 xing2 gui3 dao4 jiao1 tong1])
- scale; architect's scale; engineer's scale