Vocabulary: 香畹楼忆语|译文
from 浮生忆语集
- 鸨母x1 | Chapter Rank #1886female brothel keeper; a bawd
- 以x9 | Chapter Rank #169to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 名妓x1 | Chapter Rank #1887famous courtesan
- 摇钱树x1 | Chapter Rank #1888legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money
- 俗x1 | Chapter Rank #1889custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 客x5 | Chapter Rank #345customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
- 冒充x1 | Chapter Rank #1890to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as
- 雅人x1 | Chapter Rank #1891poetic individual; person of refined temperament
- 喜x2 | Chapter Rank #963to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- 阳春白雪x1 | Chapter Rank #1892melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; highbrow art and literature
- 音x1 | Chapter Rank #1893sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #1894rather
- 迷恋x1 | Chapter Rank #1895to be infatuated with; to be enchanted by; to be passionate about
- 花天酒地x1 | Chapter Rank #1896to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery
- 倔强x1 | Chapter Rank #1897stubborn; obstinate; unbending
- 不堪入耳x1 | Chapter Rank #1898
- 诱惑x1 | Chapter Rank #1899to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract
- 与其x1 | Chapter Rank #1900rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- 留x5 | Chapter Rank #346to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- 生前x1 | Chapter Rank #1901(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- 杯酒x1 | Chapter Rank #1902
- 唉x9 | Chapter Rank #170alas; oh dearinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
- 香草x3 | Chapter Rank #627aromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei; (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
- 臭x1 | Chapter Rank #1903stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)sense of smell; smell bad
- 草x1 | Chapter Rank #1904grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 容器x1 | Chapter Rank #1905receptacle; vessel; (computing) container
- 味道x1 | Chapter Rank #1906flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- 相差x1 | Chapter Rank #1907to differ
- 比目x1 | Chapter Rank #1908
- 鸟x2 | Chapter Rank #964penisbird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- 比目鱼x1 | Chapter Rank #1909flatfish; flounder
- 时间x2 | Chapter Rank #965(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 亲密x1 | Chapter Rank #1910intimate; close
- 古今x1 | Chapter Rank #1911then and now; ancient and modern
- 难道x4 | Chapter Rank #448don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 分清x1 | Chapter Rank #1912to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear
- 是非曲直x1 | Chapter Rank #1913lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits; pros and cons
- 完x1 | Chapter Rank #1914to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 流着泪x1 | Chapter Rank #1915
- 控制x1 | Chapter Rank #1916to control
- 走x2 | Chapter Rank #966to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 不再x4 | Chapter Rank #449no more; no longer
- 饮酒x2 | Chapter Rank #967to drink wine
- 催促x1 | Chapter Rank #1917to urge
- 则x4 | Chapter Rank #450(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 点燃x1 | Chapter Rank #1918to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
- 油灯x1 | Chapter Rank #1919oil lamp
- 铺开x1 | Chapter Rank #1920
- 记下x2 | Chapter Rank #968
- 今晚x1 | Chapter Rank #1921tonight