Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero; heroic
- to build one's house
- Pusaetha scandens
- to buy up (grain)
- to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- whetstone
- old Buddhist temple
- monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery
- quiet
- to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
- to penetrate deeply; thorough
- 白云 bái yún: 白云 bai2 yun2: white cloud白云 Bái yún: 白云 Bai2 yun2: see 白雲區|白云区[Bai2 yun2 Qu1]
- 围 Wéi: 围 Wei2: surname Wei围 wéi: 围 wei2: to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
- precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]
- (bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
- dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous
- crack; grudge
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- (literary) tall building; dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
- to rest for a bit; to take a breather
- village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
- late Ming; first half of the 17th century
- to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct
- a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street
- plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous
- 茆 máo: 茆 mao2: thatch茆 mǎo: 茆 mao3: type of water plant; (dialect) loess hills
- Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
- (mountain) peak