Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- unexpected; accident; mishap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- clean
- speck of dust; fine dust
- to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish
- portrait; to describe sth accurately
- 袁 yuán: 袁 yuan2: long robe (old)袁 Yuán: 袁 Yuan2: surname Yuan
- copious; abundant
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- swelling water
- flowers and plants
- feather; plume; plumage; CL:根[gen1]
- seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script
- (formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- remuneration for literary or artistic work
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- 安 ān: 安 An1: surname An安 ān: 安 an1: (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])
- to greet by raising clasped hands
- 缪 móu: 缪 mou2: used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]缪 Miào: 缪 Miao4: surname Miao
- surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
- mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
- (of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
- to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
- apricot; (bound form) almond
- 帆 fān: 帆 fan1: sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas帆 fān: 帆 fan1: to gallop; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- intoxicated
- 燕 yàn: 燕 yan4: swallow (family Hirundinidae)燕 Yān: 燕 Yan1: Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan
- from the beginning; always; to come of one's own accord
- to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- hairpin
- not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected; not batting an eyelid
- (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
- lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
- 埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- functionary; official
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- (bound form) government office
- current trends; the present situation; how things are going
- an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing
- (historical) imperial examination essay; eight-legged essay 八股文[ba1 gu3 wen2]; current-affairs article; topical commentary (esp. as reading material in educational contexts)