Vocabulary: 香畹楼忆语|译文
from 浮生忆语集
- 水流x1 | Chapter Rank #1441river; stream
- 拍x1 | Chapter Rank #1442to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- 红x3 | Chapter Rank #524red; popular; revolutionary; bonusused in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]surname Hong
- 牙x1 | Chapter Rank #1443tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 共x1 | Chapter Rank #1444common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 黯然x3 | Chapter Rank #525dim; sad
- 奈x3 | Chapter Rank #526used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary); used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
- 闲情x1 | Chapter Rank #1445leisurely frame of mind
- 酬x1 | Chapter Rank #1446to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer
- 浅x3 | Chapter Rank #527sound of moving watershallow; light (color)
- 盏x1 | Chapter Rank #1447a small cup; classifier for lamps
- 烦x2 | Chapter Rank #793to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
- 纤手x1 | Chapter Rank #1448boat tracker; boat puller; broker; middlemandelicate hands; woman's tender and soft hands
- 弦x3 | Chapter Rank #528bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]
- 堕x1 | Chapter Rank #1449to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate
- 怀x3 | Chapter Rank #529surname Huaibosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)
- 明月x3 | Chapter Rank #530bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark; CL:輪|轮[lun2]
- 三生x1 | Chapter Rank #1450
- 入画x1 | Chapter Rank #1451
- 春风x3 | Chapter Rank #531spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- 半面x1 | Chapter Rank #1452
- 缘x2 | Chapter Rank #794cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- 消受x1 | Chapter Rank #1453to bear; to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
- 还x22 | Chapter Rank #51surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 小x8 | Chapter Rank #185small; tiny; few; young
- 秋x10 | Chapter Rank #140surname Qiuautumn; fall; harvest timeused in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 潮x3 | Chapter Rank #532tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard
- 漫x3 | Chapter Rank #533free; unrestrained; to inundate
- 寄x14 | Chapter Rank #101to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- 鲤鱼x1 | Chapter Rank #1454carp
- 笺x2 | Chapter Rank #795letter; note-paper
- 剪x4 | Chapter Rank #392surname Jian(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc)
- 孤x4 | Chapter Rank #393lone; lonely
- 芳x7 | Chapter Rank #216fragrant
- 艳x4 | Chapter Rank #394bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic; (literary) to admire; to envy
- 楚x2 | Chapter Rank #796surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- 初x5 | Chapter Rank #316(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 国x6 | Chapter Rank #258country; nation; state; (bound form) nationalsurname Guo
- 拜x1 | Chapter Rank #1455to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- 君x25 | Chapter Rank #44monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 侍x1 | Chapter Rank #1456to serve; to attend upon
- 捧x6 | Chapter Rank #259to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- 红丝x1 | Chapter Rank #1457
- 研x1 | Chapter Rank #1458to grind; study; research
- 年少x1 | Chapter Rank #1459young; junior
- 歌x2 | Chapter Rank #797song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- 练x1 | Chapter Rank #1460to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- 裙x1 | Chapter Rank #1461(bound form) skirt
- 桃x6 | Chapter Rank #260peach
- 叶x7 | Chapter Rank #217to be in harmonysurname Yeleaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats