Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
- (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time
- sedan chair; palanquin; litter
- 杠 gāng: 杠 gang1: flagpole; footbridge杠 gàng: 杠 gang4: coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash
- chair
- palace courtyard
- astounded
- stage
- extremely
- lofty; towering; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- (bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
- color painting
- 抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt
- oil paints; lacquer; to paint; CL:層|层[ceng2]
- sound of gong
- to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)
- 寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
- to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
- it goes to show that; one can see
- 拗 ǎo: 拗 ao3: (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)拗 nìu: 拗 niu4: stubborn; perverse; contrary拗 ào: 拗 ao4: (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
- old; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous; forceful
- more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely
- to begin; to open; to start; beginning of an event
- bustling with noise and excitement; lively
- base; mean; contemptible; despicable
- unbearable to look at; an eyesore
- scholar; Confucian
- husband of paternal aunt
- Daoist immortal; celestial being
- to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- to act jointly; to form a partnership
- to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle
- Taiwan
- to separate; to cut off