Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- day before yesterday
- (bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc); Taiwan pr. [xia2]
- prostitute
- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- whole story; the ins and outs
- detailed; comprehensive
- relieved; at ease; feel relieved
- 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
- companion; comrade; fellow
- see 秀峰區|秀峰区[Xiu4 feng1 Qu1]
- 表 biǎo: 表 biao3: exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)表 biǎo: 表 biao3: watch (timepiece); meter; gauge
- brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)
- newcomer; new recruit; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; newlywed couple; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) later-period Homo sapiens
- to take a concubine
- infatuation
- to look for; to seek out; to choose
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- short name for Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]
- to sing
- willow catkin
- 律 lǜ: 律 lu:4: law律 Lǜ: 律 Lu:4: surname Lü
- to boil
- busybody; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 闲 xián: 闲 xian2: enclosure; unoccupied; leisure闲 xián: 闲 xian2: idle; unoccupied; leisure
- 微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
- to itch to demonstrate one's skill
- to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful
- 撩 liáo: 撩 liao2: to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)撩 liāo: 撩 liao1: to lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve); to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)
- beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
- next year
- fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- see 虎丘區|虎丘区[Hu3 qiu1 Qu1]
- special invitation
- candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance
- to meet (socially)
- 拉 lá: 拉 la2: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash拉 là: 拉 la4: used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]拉 lā: 拉 la1: to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
- clear; vast and deep; classifier for a body of clear water
- limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)