Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- seamless
- (bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
- eye; eyeball
- spurt out of the mouth
- small clam (Arca inflata)
- (zoology) sea horse; (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3 ma3 ti3])
- thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4]
- wood shavings
- Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus); fu ling; tuckahoe
- not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
- 皮 Pí: 皮 Pi2: surname Pi皮 pí: 皮 pi2: skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)
- river dolphin
- finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
- sugar; sweets; candy; CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]
- Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica); gift for a wedding or other happy occasion; bonus (extra pay, typically given at year-end)
- 穗 Sùi: 穗 Sui4: abbr. for Guangzhou 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1]穗 sùi: 穗 sui4: ear of grain; fringe; tassel
- pulp (of fruit); sth inside a covering; bad; weak
- 结实 jiē shi: 结实 jie1 shi5: rugged; sturdy; strong; durable; buff (physique)结实 jiē shí: 结实 jie1 shi2: to bear fruit
- to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- raw material
- Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
- 沤 ōu: 沤 ou1: bubble; froth沤 òu: 沤 ou4: to steep; to macerate
- used in 苧麻|苎麻[zhu4 ma2]
- (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- cotton cloth
- generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
- soft; flexible
- latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
- tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
- (fragrant plant)
- this kind; these kinds; such
- sackcloth
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- tax stamp; to print a pattern or design on fabric
- pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
- papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts
- to apply color; to color; to paint