Vocabulary: 繁花
- footstep; step
- the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
- meeting; conference; CL:場|场[chang3],屆|届[jie4]
- to chat; casual conversation
- (piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to explain
- wife's father (father-in-law); old man
- wife's mother; mother-in-law
- receipt for a loan
- Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
- one week; all the way around; a whole cycle
- people
- can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
- 万 mò: 万 mo4: used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]万 Wàn: 万 Wan4: surname Wan万 wàn: 万 wan4: ten thousand; a great number
- Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- to apologize; to regret; deficient
- occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- 闻 wén: 闻 wen2: to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at闻 Wén: 闻 Wen2: surname Wen
- to knock on a door
- cool fresh air; straightforward
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
- Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
- precious jade; treasures
- to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- 火 hǔo: 火 huo3: fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86火 Hǔo: 火 Huo3: surname Huo
- dictatorship
- autocracy; dictatorship
- to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- trivial matter; a piece of cake
- small store
- mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc