Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold
- memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
- cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket
- undisciplined; unorganized
- to bump and shove
- tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- to flutter; to dance in the breeze
- oblique; slanting
- stamen; pistil
- in order to avoid; so as not to
- to fly
- cymbals
- 耍 Shuǎ: 耍 Shua3: surname Shua耍 shuǎ: 耍 shua3: to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- branch; stem; stalk; CL:根[gen1]; to block; to hinder; (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc); prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
- needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan; Changning District in Shanghai
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
- seven; 7
- 眉目 méi mù: 眉目 mei2 mu4: general facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing); rough sketch or general idea of things眉目 méi mu: 眉目 mei2 mu5: progress; prospect of solution; sign of positive outcome
- marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people
- height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 照应 zhào ying: 照应 zhao4 ying5: to look after; to take care of; to attend to照应 zhào yìng: 照应 zhao4 ying4: to correlate with; to correspond to
- imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor
- to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection
- to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- brocade; embroidered work; bright
- ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- knowing (of a smile, look etc)
- 漂 piāo: 漂 piao1: to float; to drift漂 piǎo: 漂 piao3: to bleach漂 piào: 漂 piao4: used in 漂亮[piao4 liang5]
- 青 Qīng: 青 Qing1: short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]青 qīng: 青 qing1: green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
- rosin; pine rosin
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 熬 āo: 熬 ao1: to simmer; to boil slowly熬 áo: 熬 ao2: to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
- paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)