Vocabulary: 繁花
- unmarried; single; alone
- dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
- foreign country
- (idiom) to waste both manpower and resources
- principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (dialect) to rain
- (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband
- to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
- to keep totally silent; noiselessly
- to hesitate
- 支吾 zhī wú: 支吾 zhi1 wu2: to resist; to deal with支吾 zhī wu: 支吾 zhi1 wu5: to respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall
- (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
- to be patient; patience
- what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- fine-toothed comb; to comb
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- phlegm; spittle
- 吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- Phoebe zhennan; Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
- coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
- 元宝 Yuán bǎo: 元宝 Yuan2 bao3: see 元寶區|元宝区[Yuan2 bao3 Qu1]元宝 yuán bǎo: 元宝 yuan2 bao3: a silver or gold ingot; mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship); a name for ancient currency; a rare genius
- nail; snag; saboteur
- solitary and impoverished (idiom)
- wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling; coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
- weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
- to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
- old woman (at times contemptuous)
- to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee
- 长毛 Cháng máo: 长毛 Chang2 mao2: (derog.) the Longhairs (Taiping rebels of the 19th century)长毛 cháng máo: 长毛 chang2 mao2: long-wool (sheep etc); long-haired (dog etc)长毛 zhǎng máo: 长毛 zhang3 mao2: to grow hair; to become mildewed
- to fall from power; to collapse; downfall
- to escape; to run away; to flee
- see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)
- prince's mansion
- palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4]
- quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- 杠 gāng: 杠 gang1: flagpole; footbridge杠 gàng: 杠 gang4: coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash