Vocabulary: 繁花
- to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre; (music) minor key
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground
- everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- 远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
- (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman
- tortoise; cuckold
- red; scarlet; bare; naked
- male; man (Cantonese)
- trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
- to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- 体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- meddling in other people's business
- fart; flatulence; nonsense; (usu. in the negative) what; (not) a damn thing
- basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous
- gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
- saliva; to spit
- tuberculosis
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
- reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
- stir-fried dish (Tw)
- casserole; earthenware pot
- (bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud
- four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- unexpected; accident; mishap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to receive (letter etc)
- incoming letter; to send us a letter
- fountain pen; CL:支[zhi1]
- to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
- 称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- 大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
- recent photo
- Western opera; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
- queen