Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
- recluse; hermit
- integrity; moral principle
- lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
- to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
- cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
- appearance; manner; pattern; model
- Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座
- Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (stars)
- legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology
- Vega (star); Weaving girl of folk tales
- God of heaven; Celestial emperor
- the text of an annotated book; an unannotated edition of a book; intagliated characters (on a seal)
- to carve a seal; a seal
- characters cut in relief
- red ink paste used for seal
- latch of door; seal
- 凹 āo: 凹 ao1: concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)凹 wā: 凹 wa1: (used in names)
- 出来 chu lai: 出来 chu5 lai5: (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出来 chū lái: 出来 chu1 lai2: to come out; to appear; to arise
- to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
- gorgeous
- circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
- each month
- look; expression
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
- to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- continent; island in a river
- lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- dry land (as opposed to the sea)
- to shrug one's shoulders
- to flatter
- official (in an organization or government); administrator
- to cruise; to patrol
- to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
- governor-general; viceroy; governor