Vocabulary: 繁花
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter
- straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp
- imperial palace
- just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
- 正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- to have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed
- postcard
- card
- 压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- Christmas card
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
- 祝 zhù: 祝 zhu4: to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies祝 Zhù: 祝 Zhu4: surname Zhu
- Merry Christmas
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- about to; on the point of; soon
- to descend; to land
- Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998
- to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near
- building
- 吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- it may be assumed that
- happy; joyful
- capitalism
- superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge
- (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
- safe and sound; well
- to put into
- 前门 Qián mén: 前门 Qian2 men2: Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2前门 qián mén: 前门 qian2 men2: front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
- mailbox; post office box
- spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)