Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- 泰山 Tài shān: 泰山 Tai4 shan1: Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle); Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan泰山 Tài Shān: 泰山 Tai4 Shan1: Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- to adhere strictly (to the rules)
- to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)
- critical; crucial; vital
- quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful
- pleased
- figure; physique; form and structure
- 精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]
- name of old state in modern Sichuan
- lust
- to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle
- calm; self-composed
- one's four limbs; two arms and two legs
- to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy
- 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
- Hua Tuo (c. 145–208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
- at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- the key trick; the secret of success
- (weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- lower body; euphemism for genitals; root and stem of plants
- calmly; without qualms; free from worry; safe and sound
- who would have thought; unexpectedly
- to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
- 太虚 tài xū: 太虚 tai4 xu1: great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos太虚 Tài xū: 太虚 Tai4 xu1: Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)
- karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money
- used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]; used in 憧憧[chong1 chong1]
- to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
- comfortable niche
- disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity
- the result (becomes apparent); now one understands
- 万里 Wàn Lǐ: 万里 Wan4 Li3: Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician万里 wàn lǐ: 万里 wan4 li3: far away; thousands of miles; 10,000 li万里 Wàn lǐ: 万里 Wan4 li3: Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- bright; white
- to travel; to go on a tour; to roam
- 浩然 Hào Rán: 浩然 Hao4 Ran2: Hao Ran (1932-2008), journalist and proletarian novelist浩然 hào rán: 浩然 hao4 ran2: vast; expansive; overwhelming