Vocabulary: 香畹楼忆语|译文
from 浮生忆语集
- 渡过x1 | Chapter Rank #1517to cross over; to pass through
- 长江x1 | Chapter Rank #1518Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- 风和日丽x1 | Chapter Rank #1519moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
- 山峦x1 | Chapter Rank #1520mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks
- 梳妆打扮x3 | Chapter Rank #557
- 迎接x2 | Chapter Rank #834to welcome; to greet
- 之江x1 | Chapter Rank #1521
- 赴任x1 | Chapter Rank #1522to travel to take up a new post
- 想x8 | Chapter Rank #187to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 嫁给x18 | Chapter Rank #68
- 请x6 | Chapter Rank #264to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 提亲x1 | Chapter Rank #1523to propose marriage
- 先x7 | Chapter Rank #220beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 丁x2 | Chapter Rank #835surname Dingmale adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butylused in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- 水榭x3 | Chapter Rank #558
- 惊诧x1 | Chapter Rank #1524to be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
- 只x7 | Chapter Rank #221only; merely; justgrain that has begun to ripenclassifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 向来都是x1 | Chapter Rank #1525
- 有名x3 | Chapter Rank #559famous; well-known
- 人士x3 | Chapter Rank #560person; figure; public figure
- 追求x3 | Chapter Rank #561to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 倾城x2 | Chapter Rank #836coming from everywhere; from all over the place; gorgeous (of woman); to ruin and overturn the state
- 名士x3 | Chapter Rank #562(old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)
- 你们x5 | Chapter Rank #324you (plural)
- 心意x3 | Chapter Rank #563intention; regard; kindly feelings
- 契合x1 | Chapter Rank #1526agreement; to agree; to get on with; congenial; agreeing with; to ally oneself with sb
- 绝非x1 | Chapter Rank #1527absolutely not
- 偶然x2 | Chapter Rank #837incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly
- 久居x1 | Chapter Rank #1528
- 燕x3 | Chapter Rank #564Yan, 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 Yanswallow (family Hirundinidae)
- 台x2 | Chapter Rank #838used in place namesTaiwan (abbr.); surname Tai(classical) you (in letters)desk; table; counterplatform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machinesTaiwan (abbr.)typhoon
- 三千里x1 | Chapter Rank #1529
- 外x5 | Chapter Rank #325outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 回来x9 | Chapter Rank #161to return; to come back
- 办公x2 | Chapter Rank #839to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
- 恰好x1 | Chapter Rank #1530as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
- 成全x1 | Chapter Rank #1531to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off
- 美丽x8 | Chapter Rank #188beautiful
- 衣袖x1 | Chapter Rank #1532the sleeve of a garment
- 里x23 | Chapter Rank #50lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levelsLi (surname)
- 拿出x2 | Chapter Rank #840to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- 捋x1 | Chapter Rank #1533to hold sth long and run one's hand along itto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke
- 胡子x1 | Chapter Rank #1534beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit
- 经过x3 | Chapter Rank #565to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 再x9 | Chapter Rank #162again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 媒人x1 | Chapter Rank #1535go-between; matchmaker
- 介绍x1 | Chapter Rank #1536to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- 足够x1 | Chapter Rank #1537enough; sufficient
- 青楼x1 | Chapter Rank #1538(literary) brothel; pleasure quarters
- 出身x1 | Chapter Rank #1539to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin