Vocabulary: 香畹楼忆语|译文
from 浮生忆语集
- 谈话x1 | Chapter Rank #1922to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- 青溪x3 | Chapter Rank #628
- 辰x1 | Chapter Rank #19235th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
- 听戏x1 | Chapter Rank #1924to attend an opera; to see an opera
- 醉酒x1 | Chapter Rank #1925to get drunk
- 江南x5 | Chapter Rank #347region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- 由来已久x1 | Chapter Rank #1926
- 繁华x1 | Chapter Rank #1927flourishing; bustling
- 逝去x1 | Chapter Rank #1928to elapse; to pass away; to die; demise
- 苑x1 | Chapter Rank #1929(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park; (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)surname Yuan
- 历经沧桑x1 | Chapter Rank #1930
- 头发x3 | Chapter Rank #629hair (on the head)
- 化为x2 | Chapter Rank #969
- 黄土x1 | Chapter Rank #1931loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
- 余x3 | Chapter Rank #630surname Yu(literary) I; meextra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
- 板桥x2 | Chapter Rank #970Banqiao or Panchiao city in Taiwan
- 杂记x2 | Chapter Rank #971various notes or records; a miscellany; scattered jottings
- 如今x5 | Chapter Rank #348nowadays; now
- 正逢x1 | Chapter Rank #1932
- 太平盛世x1 | Chapter Rank #1933peace and prosperity (idiom)
- 出游x1 | Chapter Rank #1934to go on a tour; to have an outing
- 纵情x1 | Chapter Rank #1935to your heart's content
- 湖光山色x1 | Chapter Rank #1936scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape
- 之中x3 | Chapter Rank #631inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- 花花草草x1 | Chapter Rank #1937
- 华灯初上x1 | Chapter Rank #1938early evening when lanterns are first lit
- 乘x1 | Chapter Rank #1939surname Chengto ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
- 荡漾x1 | Chapter Rank #1940to ripple; to undulate; also written 蕩漾|荡漾[dang4 yang4]to ripple; to undulate
- 水中x1 | Chapter Rank #1941
- 兴起x2 | Chapter Rank #972to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- 喝酒x4 | Chapter Rank #451to drink (alcohol)
- 玩乐x1 | Chapter Rank #1942to play around; to disport oneself
- 兴x1 | Chapter Rank #1943to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitementsurname Xing
- 可x5 | Chapter Rank #349(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 安睡x1 | Chapter Rank #1944
- 南朝x1 | Chapter Rank #1945Southern Dynasties (420-589)
- 金粉x1 | Chapter Rank #1946
- 北x2 | Chapter Rank #973north; (classical) to be defeated
- 烟花x1 | Chapter Rank #1947fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 温柔乡x1 | Chapter Rank #1948
- 品评x1 | Chapter Rank #1949to judge; to assess
- 优美x1 | Chapter Rank #1950graceful; fine; elegant
- 诗文x2 | Chapter Rank #974poetry and literature
- 抒发x3 | Chapter Rank #632to express (an emotion); to give vent
- 情怀x1 | Chapter Rank #1951feelings; mood
- 自然x2 | Chapter Rank #975nature; natural; naturally
- 独享x1 | Chapter Rank #1952
- 以为x2 | Chapter Rank #976to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 轻x1 | Chapter Rank #1953light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 烟x4 | Chapter Rank #452cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke