Vocabulary: 繁花
- an old saying
- to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- old man; I (an old man referring to himself)
- to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- to tremble; to shiver
- sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- new faction
- healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
- Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
- to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
- sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
- 铺 pù: 铺 pu4: store铺 pū: 铺 pu1: to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker铺 pù: 铺 pu4: plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station
- (of a tide) to ebb or go out
- 水上 shǔi shàng: 水上 shui3 shang4: on water; aquatic水上 Shǔi shàng: 水上 Shui3 shang4: Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
- to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
- to touch up (a piece of writing); to add details (to a painting)
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- slowly; unhurriedly; little by little
- cooked noodles cooled with cold water
- beautiful scenery
- lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
- thereupon; subsequently; accordingly
- running water; (business) turnover
- (literary) suddenly
- to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- petal; CL:片[pian4]
- 散落 sàn lùo: 散落 san4 luo4: to disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle散落 sǎn lùo: 散落 san3 luo4: to lie scattered (over an area); Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
- decay; rotten
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- breath; smell; odor; flavor
- foreigner
- older male cousin through a female relative
- deep natural pond