Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to stroll; to saunter
- in the past; formerly
- to cleanse; to boil
- biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)
- two-character surname Ximen
- foot of a mountain
- to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)
- horizontal stripe; striation
- unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]
- to tilt one's head back to see (sth); to look up at
- cave dwelling; legendary abode of immortals
- ape
- to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
- (coll.) every day
- to bend one's head
- 蔓 màn: 蔓 man4: creeper; to spread蔓 mán: 蔓 man2: used in 蔓菁[man2 jing5]
- 壮 Zhuàng: 壮 Zhuang4: Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China壮 zhuàng: 壮 zhuang4: to strengthen; strong; robust
- thirsty
- ocher (pigment)
- (literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)
- to investigate; to survey; to collate
- 河口 hé kǒu: 河口 he2 kou3: estuary; the mouth of a river河口 Hé kǒu: 河口 He2 kou3: see 河口區|河口区[He2 kou3 Qu1]; see 河口瑤族自治縣|河口瑶族自治县[He2 kou3 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend
- 辟 bì: 辟 bi4: (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service辟 pì: 辟 pi4: penal law辟 pì: 辟 pi4: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- not yet; not so far
- downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
- reeds
- sign of human habitation
- same trade or business; person in the same trade or business
- ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]
- T-shaped