Vocabulary: 浮生六记
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- one's purpose in coming
- to use up; to exhaust
- one's limited power (humble expr.)
- to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage
- to exhort; to make an effort
- to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
- to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)
- residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
- (idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless
- see 吉人自有天相[ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4]
- to draw into; to pull into; to introduce
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- 粗 cū: 粗 cu1: (of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff; (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude粗 cū: 粗 cu1: remote; distant
- February; second month (of the lunar year)
- old friend; the deceased
- 胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- 贡 gòng: 贡 gong4: to offer tribute; tribute; gifts贡 Gòng: 贡 Gong4: surname Gong
- 局 jú: 局 ju2: narrow局 jú: 局 ju2: office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc局 jú: 局 ju2: cramped; narrow
- body and mind; mental and physical
- fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042
- to convalesce; to recover; to heal
- a long time
- name of an ancient river
- to look; to have a glimpse at; to observe (sth's splendor)
- see 臨河區|临河区[Lin2 he2 Qu1]
- 奚 Xī: 奚 Xi1: surname Xi奚 xī: 奚 xi1: (literary) what?; where?; why?
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- to cook food
- 爨 cuàn: 爨 cuan4: cooking-stove; to cook爨 Cuàn: 爨 Cuan4: surname Cuan
- to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order