Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
- 土 tǔ: 土 tu3: earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]土 Tǔ: 土 Tu3: surname Tu; Tu ethnic group
- (bound form) gravel; small stone
- to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- 丘 qīu: 丘 qiu1: mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields丘 Qīu: 丘 Qiu1: surname Qiu
- gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- to go on a mental journey
- happy and content (idiom)
- 斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- (idiom) huge object; colossus
- toad
- 舌 jī: 舌 ji1: used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"舌 shé: 舌 she2: tongue
- to swallow; to take
- young; underage
- 呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- to be alarmed; to be frightened
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- to clutch; to grab; to capture
- frog; toad
- whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)
- to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly
- senior
- 奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: wicked; crafty; traitor奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
- career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
- egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
- (zoology) earthworm
- to swell; swelling; swollen
- to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- to let go; to loosen one's grip; to put sth down
- top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
- to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
- to cry loudly
- handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades
- habit; hobby
- 剪 Jiǎn: 剪 Jian3: surname Jian剪 jiǎn: 剪 jian3: (bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc)
- 兰 Lán: 兰 Lan2: surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu兰 lán: 兰 lan2: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted
- to prune (branches etc)
- 节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
- delicate fragrance