Vocabulary: 繁花
- to change; to switch; to convert; to transform
- twilight
- vaguely; dimly; probably; very likely
- to keep in the mouth; to contain
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- throat; larynx
- tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments)
- scholar; intellectual
- Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
- to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top
- see 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4]
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty
- to jump into a river to drown oneself
- (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
- second-hand book; old book; ancient book
- to hold a knife; knife-wielding
- to protect
- cloak; mantle
- satin
- buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代[Qing1 dai4] (1644-1911)
- 面皮 miàn pí: 面皮 mian4 pi2: cheek; face; leather covering (for handbags etc)面皮 miàn pí: 面皮 mian4 pi2: dumpling skin; piecrust
- 撮 cūo: 撮 cuo1: to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]撮 zǔo: 撮 zuo3: classifier for hair or grass: tuft; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
- beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
- 江山 jiāng shān: 江山 jiang1 shan1: rivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power江山 Jiāng shān: 江山 Jiang1 shan1: see 江山市[Jiang1 shan1 Shi4]
- classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi
- lost battle; defeat
- (coll.) to speculate in stocks
- risk; hazard
- cautious; prudent
- to rebel; to revolt
- 成功 Chéng gōng: 成功 Cheng2 gong1: Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan成功 chéng gōng: 成功 cheng2 gong1: to succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- sufferings
- to mock oneself; to laugh at oneself