Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to go up or down stairs step by step
- fence; also pr. [shan1]
- (bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework
- halberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade; combined spear and battle-ax
- facing the water (favored location)
- human relationship; order; coherence
- to attend (a school); to drop out (of college etc)
- arts and sciences
- government granary
- brimming with; steeped in
- reputation; declaration
- (fig.) the whole world
- (bound form) country; nation; state
- one's late teacher
- imperial ancestral temple; imperial court; temple
- solemn and respectful; serene
- nowadays; now
- accord; to make contact; to agree; to consult with; extensive
- to stretch; to extend
- sincerity; honesty
- to distinguish; to recognize
- (archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans)
- large and spacious
- 金刚 Jīn gāng: 金刚 Jin1 gang1: King Kong金刚 jīn gāng: 金刚 jin1 gang1: diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
- main hall of a Buddhist temple
- deep pool; deep; profound
- former sovereigns
- ancestral hall
- (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland; see 蓬萊區|蓬莱区[Peng2 lai2 Qu1]
- mistaken; erroneous; contradictory
- 狮子 shī zi: 狮子 shi1 zi5: lion; CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2]狮子 Shī zǐ: 狮子 Shi1 zi3: Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
- cave; hole
- king
- prayer; pray; supplication
- naked
- malevolent; fierce; sinister
- to cast or found metals