Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- 平安 Píng ān: 平安 Ping2 an1: see 平安區|平安区[Ping2 an1 Qu1]平安 píng ān: 平安 ping2 an1: safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace
- to exist; to survive
- snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]
- flame; blaze
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- broad-minded; accepting; philosophical (about things)
- Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; also pr. [E1fang2 Gong1]
- copper (chemistry); see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- glory and splendor
- mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- to fully grasp; to penetrate
- what?; something; anything
- a few; several; how many
- countryside; areas outside the city
- karma; cause and effect
- to flourish and decay; rise and fall
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
- time; era; period of time
- to be mistreated; to be bullied
- to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually
- muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage
- the prime of one's life
- to accumulate; to store up
- of no avail; not helping in the least
- one's heart; one's mind
- to punish; to reprimand; to warn
- to relieve anxieties
- son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil
- to accept; to receive
- wife; family; (literary) residence
- peaceful relations; harmonious
- all living things
- an incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble