Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural
- feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract
- lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes
- mist; clouds; smoke
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- at the present time; currently
- hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- 申 Shēn: 申 Shen1: old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen申 shēn: 申 shen1: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
- at first; suddenly; abruptly; to spread; (of hair) to stand on end; bristling
- to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
- tide
- to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
- common gull
- 俄 é: 俄 E2: Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]俄 é: 俄 e2: suddenly; very soon
- the moon
- ray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
- bank of a river
- 万象 Wàn xiàng: 万象 Wan4 xiang4: Vientiane, capital of Laos万象 wàn xiàng: 万象 wan4 xiang4: every manifestation of nature
- 澄清 dèng qīng: 澄清 deng4 qing1: to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities); precipitate (chemistry); to put in order; to quell disturbances澄清 chéng qīng: 澄清 cheng2 qing1: clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)
- to survey comprehensively; an overall survey
- cave; natural cavern (in limestone)
- Changhong (brand)
- black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
- narrow; narrow-minded
- to wash (especially hands)
- basin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
- fine and soft; valuables
- hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata); tortoiseshell; Taiwan pr. [dai4 mei4]