Vocabulary: 繁花
- Shanghai and Nanjing
- highway; road; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- sneeze
- to sneeze
- 后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: empress's throne; (fig.) first place in a women's competition后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: back seat; pillion
- to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
- paper towel; napkin; facial tissue; CL:張|张[zhang1],包[bao1]
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- to take care of oneself
- nose
- 趟 tāng: 趟 tang1: to wade; to trample; to turn the soil趟 tàng: 趟 tang4: classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- hospitality; to treat guests well; to enjoy having guests; hospitable; friendly
- to make friends with
- boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
- optimistic; hopeful
- front row
- since; as; this being the case
- 大名 dà míng: 大名 da4 ming2: famous name; your distinguished name; one's formal personal name; (Japanese history) daimyo大名 Dà míng: 大名 Da4 ming2: see 大名縣|大名县[Da4 ming2 Xian4]
- to do business
- 强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
- crab
- pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp; claw (of a crab etc); CL:把[ba3]; (dialect) earring
- (onom.) bang; pop; pow
- capable person
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
- grand hotel; large, upscale hotel
- to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- compartment (of train, ship etc); private room at restaurant; rented room for karaoke; hotel room rented by the hour
- honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.
- on the road; on the way; en route
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- capacity for liquor; how much one can drink
- straightforward
- assistant
- cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately