Vocabulary: 繁花
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- 裁缝 cái féng: 裁缝 cai2 feng2: to make an item of clothing; to tailor裁缝 cái feng: 裁缝 cai2 feng5: tailor; dressmaker
- shop front
- to have one's head shaved
- (classical) barely; just; just now
- 师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- Hyde (surname)
- sailor; mariner
- silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
- 凤 fèng: 凤 feng4: phoenix凤 Fèng: 凤 Feng4: surname Feng
- (coll.) wife
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
- see 皋蘭縣|皋兰县[Gao1 lan2 Xian4]
- Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- used in 蓓蕾[bei4 lei3]
- stem (of fruit)
- lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
- Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- father's father; paternal grandfather
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 公馆 gōng guǎn: 公馆 gong1 guan3: residence (of sb rich or important); mansion公馆 Gōng guǎn: 公馆 Gong1 guan3: Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- teacher
- eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss
- to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港[Gang3])
- father's elder brother; uncle
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- small; tiny; few; young
- maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child); CL:個|个[ge4]
- mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
- to divorce
- woman
- granny; mother-in-law