Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教
- see 紫云苗族布依族自治縣|紫云苗族布依族自治县[Zi3 yun2 Miao2 zu2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- sunlight
- low stool
- to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany
- (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
- root of lotus
- dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will
- ball; pellet; pill
- Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮|钱塘潮[Qian2 tang2 chao2]
- see 大觀區|大观区[Da4 guan1 Qu1]
- to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
- 栖 qī: 栖 qi1: to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay栖 xī: 栖 xi1: used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1 xi1]
- paternal aunt; CL:個|个[ge4]
- sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
- not more than so-so (idiom); mediocre; nothing out of the ordinary
- see 紫陽縣|紫阳县[Zi3 yang2 Xian4]
- to enquire; to search
- 洞口 dòng kǒu: 洞口 dong4 kou3: cave mouth; tunnel entrance洞口 Dòng kǒu: 洞口 Dong4 kou3: see 洞口縣|洞口县[Dong4 kou3 Xian4]
- a trickle; tiny stream; sluggish; to flow sluggishly
- running water; (business) turnover
- paradise; heavenly or beautiful place; fairyland
- see 恨不得[hen4 bu5 de5]
- to pick out; to single out
- Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- 丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
- pear; CL:個|个[ge4]
- thick soup
- 甘 Gān: 甘 Gan1: surname Gan; short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]甘 gān: 甘 gan1: (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
- heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- carnivorous
- 屠 Tú: 屠 Tu2: surname Tu屠 tú: 屠 tu2: to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
- amount of food one eats; portion size
- bamboo shoot
- jittery; twitchy; fidgety
- argument; words; lips and tongue