Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
- to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful
- older male cousin through a female relative
- Arthraxon ciliare; loyal
- 臣 chén: 臣 chen2: state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131臣 Chén: 臣 Chen2: surname Chen
- contain
- cowardly; weak
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations; to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
- a son who is an only child
- the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
- daughter-in-law
- to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect
- 童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong童 tóng: 童 tong2: child
- cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)
- to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
- (commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
- 腊 xī: 腊 xi1: dried meat; also pr. [xi2]腊 là: 腊 la4: ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
- solitary; lonely; alone
- to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
- not only
- neighbor; neighborhood
- 冒 Mào: 冒 Mao4: surname Mao冒 mào: 冒 mao4: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover
- to worry unnecessarily
- luggage; CL:件[jian4]
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- to be born under an ill star
- to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
- to receive medical treatment
- 远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)
- to inform; to notify
- father's father; paternal grandfather
- to spend a summer holiday; to beat the summer heat
- to wait upon (older people); to accompany; attendant
- (literary) to drink; to sip; to sob
- 昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-