Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- 木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu
- bench
- 挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order
- the four corners (of a rectangle); the eaves that the four corners of a building
- wickerwork
- sand; gravel; granule
- hyacinth bean; haricot
- 延 yán: 延 yan2: to prolong; to extend; to delay延 Yán: 延 Yan2: surname Yan
- to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable
- to be as if...; to be rather like...
- tree shade; shady
- to let air pass through; to ventilate
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- everything; every; all
- Fujimoto (Japanese surname)
- aromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei; (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
- according to the location; everywhere; any place; from any location; from wherever you like
- good; very; very much
- jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with
- pine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb
- clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
- double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- thirdly; the third
- wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
- main hall; front courtyard; law court
- osmanthus
- sweet scent; fragrant odor
- to attract; to titillate
- corridor; veranda; porch
- quiet; secluded; isolated; peaceful
- to migrate; to move to a new place of residence
- my daughter (humble)
- ready-made clothes
- to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment; Taiwan pr. [ji1]
- to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
- kitchen