Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to versify; to compose poetry
- Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]
- to yearn; to pine
- 楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- 搂 lǒu: 搂 lou3: to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms搂 lōu: 搂 lou1: to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc); to grab (money); to extort
- Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
- to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
- 帅 Shuài: 帅 Shuai4: surname Shuai帅 shuài: 帅 shuai4: (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
- manger
- manger
- see 城西區|城西区[Cheng2 xi1 Qu1]
- see 城北區|城北区[Cheng2 bei3 Qu1]
- to evade; to flee; to escape
- see 江陵縣|江陵县[Jiang1 ling2 Xian4]
- to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- in heat
- see 賀歲|贺岁[he4 sui4]
- 炮 bāo: 炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating炮 páo: 炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)炮 pào: 炮 pao4: cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker
- kite
- it is rumored that
- 雨 yǔ: 雨 yu3: rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]雨 yù: 雨 yu4: (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
- girl; young lady
- youngest son; very young son
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- wen xiang, Henan province
- Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
- (idiom) auspicious omen heralding good fortune
- to proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
- Yellow River or Huang He
- mountains and rivers; the whole country
- to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard; to control; to hold
- 垛 dǔo: 垛 duo3: battlement; target垛 dùo: 垛 duo4: pile
- vehicles and horses
- sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery; (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀[lu : 4 dou4 xi1] "sweet mung bean soup"); (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟[xi1 zao1] "utterly ruined")
- 日照 rì zhào: 日照 ri4 zhao4: sunshine日照 Rì zhào: 日照 Ri4 zhao4: see 日照市[Ri4 zhao4 Shi4]
- to be right next to; to lean closely against