Vocabulary: 繁花
- 横 héng: 横 heng2: horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent横 hèng: 横 heng4: harsh and unreasonable; unexpected
- to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
- to reflect on; to ponder over
- to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- to water-cool
- ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine
- blank space
- pure; innocent
- in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- the other person; the other side; the other party
- to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
- riddle; conundrum; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- pleasant to hear
- old style
- to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into
- (bound form) curtain; tent; canopy
- curtain; women's apartment; tent
- abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
- to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
- button
- to retreat into; to draw back into; (typography) to indent
- homespun cloth
- comforter; quilt; CL:條|条[tiao2],床[chuang2],張|张[zhang1]
- jargon; language of the trade
- evening; sunset
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- to climb; to pull oneself up; to clamber; to scale; fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger
- vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
- simply; really
- to carve; to engrave; carving
- (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
- (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
- happy; carefree
- night life
- second branch of an extended family; concubine
- to separate; to part
- mosquito net; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- 宽 Kuān: 宽 Kuan1: surname Kuan宽 kuān: 宽 kuan1: wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- 妻 qī: 妻 qi1: (bound form) wife妻 qì: 妻 qi4: to marry off (a daughter)