Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
- the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel
- gird; tighten
- leather; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- underarm; armpit
- stink; stench; stinky; smelly; (fig.) disgusting; repugnant
- city wall
- to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]
- inner side
- crenelated parapet wall
- outer side
- used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2 lou2]
- used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2 lou2] and 骷髏|骷髅[ku1 lou2]
- skull; cranium
- erect; towering; to stand tall
- (of terrain) mountainous; rugged; (of a situation) precarious; daunting
- happy; joyous
- gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay
- spotlessly white; pure white
- 光泽 Guāng zé: 光泽 Guang1 ze2: see 光澤縣|光泽县[Guang1 ze2 Xian4]光泽 guāng zé: 光泽 guang1 ze2: luster; gloss
- to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
- (literary) to hold high
- brilliant student
- Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
- to be widely known as
- field; open land; CL:片[pian4]
- administrative subdivision
- prince; son of a king
- crown prince
- 凤凰 fèng huáng: 凤凰 feng4 huang2: phoenix凤凰 Fèng huáng: 凤凰 Feng4 huang2: see 鳳凰縣|凤凰县[Feng4 huang2 Xian4]
- queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt
- Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
- third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
- to change into
- longevity; venerable age; your venerable age?
- whirlwind; tornado
- to present as a gift