Vocabulary: 香畹楼忆语|译文
from 浮生忆语集
- 新房x1 | Chapter Rank #1605brand new house; bridal chamber
- 取名x1 | Chapter Rank #1606to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame
- 取x1 | Chapter Rank #1607to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 字x10 | Chapter Rank #142letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 悄x3 | Chapter Rank #583used in 悄悄[qiao1 qiao1]quiet; sad
- 指x2 | Chapter Rank #871finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 瓯x1 | Chapter Rank #1608old name for Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 shi4] in Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1](pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
- 绘x1 | Chapter Rank #1609to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
- 倩影x2 | Chapter Rank #872beautiful image of a woman
- 浣x3 | Chapter Rank #584to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty); Taiwan pr. [huan3]; also pr. [wan3]
- 尽x5 | Chapter Rank #329to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority toto use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 离愁x1 | Chapter Rank #1610parting sorrow; pain of separation
- 回身x1 | Chapter Rank #1611
- 抱x4 | Chapter Rank #416to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- 竟x6 | Chapter Rank #271unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 体香x1 | Chapter Rank #1612pleasant body scent
- 收x1 | Chapter Rank #1613to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- 拥x2 | Chapter Rank #873to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
- 髻x3 | Chapter Rank #585hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
- 离骚x2 | Chapter Rank #874On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]
- 倦x2 | Chapter Rank #875tired; weary; fatigued
- 劝x3 | Chapter Rank #586to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- 搴x2 | Chapter Rank #876to seize; to pull; to hold up the hem of clothes
- 西洲x1 | Chapter Rank #1614
- 琴心x1 | Chapter Rank #1615
- 逗x1 | Chapter Rank #1616to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn
- 眉x1 | Chapter Rank #1617eyebrow; upper margin
- 样x1 | Chapter Rank #1618manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type
- 娉婷x1 | Chapter Rank #1619(literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor; beautiful woman
- 花样x1 | Chapter Rank #1620pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
- 温柔x1 | Chapter Rank #1621gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
- 比肩x2 | Chapter Rank #877to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
- 商x1 | Chapter Rank #1622commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- 略x1 | Chapter Rank #1623brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- 处x4 | Chapter Rank #417to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- 金x5 | Chapter Rank #330surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 小篆x1 | Chapter Rank #1624the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
- 钩x1 | Chapter Rank #1625to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
- 几番x1 | Chapter Rank #1626
- 赢得x1 | Chapter Rank #1627to win; to gain
- 红楼x3 | Chapter Rank #587
- 凤x4 | Chapter Rank #418surname Fengphoenix
- 娇x4 | Chapter Rank #419lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail
- 衔x1 | Chapter Rank #1628bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title
- 佩x2 | Chapter Rank #878to respect; to wear (belt etc)girdle ornaments
- 惹x2 | Chapter Rank #879to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- 莲x3 | Chapter Rank #588lotus
- 鸿x2 | Chapter Rank #880eastern bean goose; great; large
- 相x3 | Chapter Rank #589each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)surname Xiang
- 织锦x1 | Chapter Rank #1629brocade; silk fabric with colored pattern