Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- second year in junior middle school
- mythological sea turtle
- see 慶雲縣|庆云县[Qing4 yun2 Xian4]
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- multicolored; the rainbow; garish
- granary; Taiwan pr. [jun1]
- ship with several decks; turreted junk
- ensign; flag
- to reflect; to shine
- Chery (car manufacturer)
- jade-like stone
- lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)
- 绛 jiàng: 绛 jiang4: purple-red绛 Jiàng: 绛 Jiang4: capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
- raw silk
- braid on a robe
- classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
- abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China; abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
- 兹 cí: 兹 ci2: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]兹 zī: 兹 zi1: (literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
- 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
- cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
- mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March–4th April), Year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)
- Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
- pen rack; pen-holder
- (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go; (of a boat) to sail
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- at nightfall
- to smash to pieces; to shatter
- the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- blaze; flame
- to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set
- islet
- 夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]