Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
- (bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
- ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
- 题 tí: 题 ti2: topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]题 Tí: 题 Ti2: surname Ti
- 签 qiān: 签 qian1: to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visa签 qiān: 签 qian1: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- to die young; (Tw) (curse word) drop dead; go to hell; (literary) short life and long life
- 机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic
- 伏 Fú: 伏 Fu2: surname Fu伏 fú: 伏 fu2: to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- outside of a city
- to return (to)
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- abdomen; stomach; belly
- (bound form) hungry
- pastry; food; to swallow; to lure; bait; lure
- slave girl; maid servant
- old woman; to brood over; to protect
- (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
- 室 shì: 室 shi4: room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy室 Shì: 室 Shi4: surname Shi
- warm; to warm
- 粥 yù: 粥 yu4: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]粥 zhōu: 粥 zhou1: congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]
- appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
- gladly; cheerfully
- to hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly
- older male patrilineal cousin
- Alioth; Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
- younger sister
- fast; rapid; quick; velocity
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- to close a door