Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to forecast; to predict; to estimate
- one's return date
- group photo of whole family
- pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
- Angelica sinensis
- pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
- high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong
- Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
- ink-stone
- poetry anthology
- to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy
- to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare
- almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
- fort; battery
- very small; very little; scant; minimal
- Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history)
- the previous dynasty
- vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing; vigor of style in literary composition
- privet (genus Ligustrum)
- 榨 zhà: 榨 zha4: to press; to extract (juice)榨 zhà: 榨 zha4: to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc
- to the east of (suffix)
- felt (fabric)
- to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
- fried rice; millet stir-fried in butter
- with one's own hands; personally
- banquet; feast; dinner party; CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
- tableware
- a stand for food at sacrifice