Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- to suffer in silence; to endure hardship or injustice without complaint; to swallow one's grievances
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- husband
- to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
- 尽量 jǐn liàng: 尽量 jin3 liang4: as much as possible; to the greatest extent尽量 jìn liàng: 尽量 jin4 liang4: as much as possible; to the greatest extent
- destitute but honest; poor and simple; spartan; austere
- situation (of a person)
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- delight; pleasure; joy
- writing style (formal); to send an official written communication
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
- interior; inside (part, section); internal
- (literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned; (fig.) in disagreement; at odds
- family member; (old) servant
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 容 róng: 容 rong2: to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance容 Róng: 容 Rong2: surname Rong
- to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- to live in a foreign place; to live somewhere as a guest
- outer; excluded
- sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy
- 都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- internal contradiction
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to write
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- people
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- small; tiny; few; young
- A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- natural
- 无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others
- low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- to complain; to sue; to tell
- to laugh happily; a belly-laugh
- teardrop; tears
- to have; to possess
- to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
- popular feeling; the will of the people