Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- pretty; beautiful
- to write down
- silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items; (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
- to return home
- immediately
- to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)
- Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
- graceful; fine; elegant
- brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant
- Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
- well-known; famous; renowned; eminent
- to pay a visit; to call on
- prone to illness; sickly; in fragile health
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- (archaic) to live in seclusion; to pass away
- author; writer
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- really isn't
- premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
- to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate
- a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
- water drop; dripping water
- to measure time; to time; to reckon by time
- implement; utensil; equipment
- inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting
- eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]
- ceremony
- newly married
- husband and wife; married couple
- brand new house; bridal chamber
- formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
- Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
- Classic of Rites
- muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- to write down; to record; written account