Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- rafters supporting tiles; ridge of a roof
- to block; to hinder; to obstruct
- just as; no less than; like (sth momentous); as good as; tantamount to
- to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
- to adorn; to festoon
- to call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd
- tireless; untiring; indefatigable
- a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age
- Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
- see 嘉興市|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4]
- Coumarouna odorata
- rank or step; stairs
- to chant the sutras
- see 鏡湖區|镜湖区[Jing4 hu2 Qu1]
- platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
- moonlit night
- refined, gentle, and elegant
- scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous
- very friendly; intimate
- caring; intimate
- strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
- to gather; to meet
- multistory building
- (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
- to belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth; to incline towards
- to level the land; level ground; plain
- osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
- 姜 Jiāng: 姜 Jiang1: surname Jiang姜 jiāng: 姜 jiang1: ginger
- 桂 Gùi: 桂 Gui4: surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]桂 gùi: 桂 gui4: cassia; laurel
- hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn
- truly; whirlpool