Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- universe; cosmos; space
- January; first month (of the lunar year)
- to be like sth; similar to; alike
- 兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)
- to enjoy the cool air
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- everywhere
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
- door of an inner room
- silent; to write from memory
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- many; quite a few; a good number of
- soon; before long
- candle; (literary) to illuminate
- (bound form) cinders; ashes
- to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- to remove; to take away
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- 望 wàng: 望 wang4: full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards望 wàng: 望 wang4: 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- see 中元節|中元节[Zhong1 yuan2 jie2]
- (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party)
- 拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: doubtful; suspicious; to emulate; to imitate拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-
- to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek
- to have a few drinks; to drink to one's heart's content
- 忽 Hū: 忽 Hu1: surname Hu忽 hū: 忽 hu1: to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly
- dark cloud
- (bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
- change countenance; worry
- wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
- dull; dry
- to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade
- to comb; (bound form) a comb
- to weave; to knit
- 柳 lǐu: 柳 liu3: willow柳 Lǐu: 柳 Liu3: surname Liu
- dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]
- 蓼 liǎo: 蓼 liao3: polygonum; smartweed蓼 lù: 蓼 lu4: luxuriant growth
- islet; bank
- 间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms