Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- queen; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
- city; village
- appearance
- ugly
- outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
- high aims
- to recommend oneself (for a job)
- to enter; to join; to go into
- imperial palace
- to become; to turn into
- princess (in Europe)
- to facilitate; to help bring about
- etiquette; custom
- the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party
- to feign; to pretend
- to dress and groom oneself
- (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
- many times; repeatedly
- to urge
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- to get engaged
- direction; orientation
- betrothal gift
- to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
- something; a certain matter
- cooking; culinary arts
- eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
- to fill a bowl with rice
- clothing; clothing and other personal items
- utensil made of bamboo
- hair on the temples
- grizzled; graying
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- see 吳中區|吴中区[Wu2 zhong1 Qu1]
- first; most important; primary; foremost
- southwest
- region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- good name; good reputation
- to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
- question; interrogation; doubt
- place name; toponym
- see 吳興區|吴兴区[Wu2 xing1 Qu1]