Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
- 岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: wife's parents and paternal uncles岳 Yuè: 岳 Yue4: surname Yue岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate
- 粟 Sù: 粟 Su4: surname Su粟 sù: 粟 su4: millet; (metonym) grain
- angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
- pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]); (fig.) teardrop; tear
- stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
- coral
- forking branch
- to eradicate
- 夸 kuā: 夸 kua1: used in transliteration夸 kuā: 夸 kua1: to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
- usual; common; ordinary
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy; an inscribed poem
- to sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing
- bamboo fish trap
- talented, gifted or ingenious writing
- coastal
- pumice
- 蠡 lǐ: 蠡 li3: wood-boring insect蠡 lí: 蠡 li2: calabash
- to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- to keep one's lips sealed; (of a wound) to heal; to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc); the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc; (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)
- 内地 nèi dì: 内地 nei4 di4: inland; interior; hinterland内地 Nèi dì: 内地 Nei4 di4: mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
- see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]
- giant clam (subfamily Tridacninae)
- the back; the reverse side; the wrong side
- see 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
- chessboard
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- (sports) member of the national team; national representative; (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
- 多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat
- to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god)
- funeral oration; eulogy; elegiac address
- silk
- to lay; to place; to put in a certain place
- same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]; Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
- Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- 弥 mí: 弥 mi2: full; to fill; completely; more弥 mí: 弥 mi2: brimming or overflowing