Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- (literary) (final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 呢[ne5] or 啊[a1])
- bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- 摩 mā: 摩 ma1: used in 摩挲[ma1 sa5]摩 mó: 摩 mo2: to rub
- to keep a record of events; record; to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
- (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"
- 同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- sixty; 60
- country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
- an older generation; ancestors; forefathers
- body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- to confirm; to corroborate; to verify; proof; evidence
- to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
- 奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)
- (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on; to endow with
- how? (emphatic question)
- to sigh; to exclaim
- luck with women
- 清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
- visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
- 斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- (literary) to drink; to sip; to sob
- peach blossom; (fig.) love affair
- 粥 zhōu: 粥 zhou1: congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]粥 yù: 粥 yu4: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 双 shuāng: 双 shuang1: two; double; pair; both; even (number)双 Shuāng: 双 Shuang1: surname Shuang
- 鲜 xiān: 鲜 xian1: fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods鲜 xiǎn: 鲜 xian3: few; rare鲜 xiān: 鲜 xian1: fish
- thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam
- taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- 佳 Jiā: 佳 Jia1: surname Jia佳 jiā: 佳 jia1: beautiful; fine; good
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- 边 bian: 边 bian5: suffix of a noun of locality边 biān: 边 bian1: side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- to lean on; to rely upon
- temples; hair on the temples
- 青 Qīng: 青 Qing1: short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]青 qīng: 青 qing1: green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc