Vocabulary: 繁花
- lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised
- Great Bear; Big Dipper; Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning
- Admiralty, Hong Kong
- to break; to smash
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- class (group of students); grade (in school)
- scene; spectacle; occasion; situation
- 血 xiě: 血 xie3: see 血[xue4]血 xuè: 血 xue4: blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- 折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- waist and back; physique
- hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- 扎 zhá: 扎 zha2: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]扎 zā: 扎 za1: to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; Taiwan pr. [zha2]
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
- 劈 pī: 劈 pi1: to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike劈 pǐ: 劈 pi3: to split in two; to divide
- to nod
- each one; everyone
- work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]
- at least; (to say the) least
- 蓝 Lán: 蓝 Lan2: surname Lan蓝 lán: 蓝 lan2: blue; indigo plant
- 牡丹 mǔ dan: 牡丹 mu3 dan5: tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)牡丹 Mǔ dan: 牡丹 Mu3 dan5: Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
- incidental expenses; sundries; pocket money
- to slap; also pr. [guo2]
- strength; energy; vigor; talent
- arm
- dominoes
- bench; stool
- to regret; to feel remorse
- electric bell
- steel bar
- to lengthen
- truck; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- wire netting; CL:道[dao4]