Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican
- 石狮 Shí shī: 石狮 Shi2 shi1: see 石獅市|石狮市[Shi2 shi1 Shi4]石狮 shí shī: 石狮 shi2 shi1: see 石獅子|石狮子[shi2 shi1 zi5]
- five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored
- straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- (of a location) strategic; advantageous
- Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
- paddy field; rice paddy
- (dialect) sweet potato; yam
- oily
- autumn scenery; harvest season
- thatched cottage
- to enjoy together
- see 奇花異草|奇花异草[qi2 hua1 yi4 cao3]
- young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
- iris; Iris tectorum
- white hair (of animals); see also 白髮|白发[bai2 fa4]
- white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]
- bridge, bank
- sunshine; to shine upon
- at a glance; (in book titles) overview
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- money; coins; currency; silk
- twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
- the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
- 三元 Sān yuán: 三元 San1 yuan2: see 三元區|三元区[San1 yuan2 Qu1]三元 sān yuán: 三元 san1 yuan2: (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
- chaste
- prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)
- 证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: to admonish证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm
- (bound form) to overstep one's authority
- first day of the first lunar month; (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
- to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言[bu4 hui4 yan2] "to state frankly")
- 清明 qīng míng: 清明 qing1 ming2: clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well ordered清明 Qīng míng: 清明 Qing1 ming2: Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)