Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- enormous; great; (math.) maximum
- banyan
- withered
- peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
- persimmon
- to immerse in water; to drench; to inundate; irrigation water
- to peel; to remove the skin; to tare
- muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
- cicada's wing
- to urge to stay; to detain
- to be hardworking; luxuriant; splendid
- to go upstairs
- to build a house
- brother's son; nephew
- hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly
- to hire a prostitute
- to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- see 事到如今[shi4 dao4 ru2 jin1]
- hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
- 捷 jié: 捷 jie2: quick; nimble捷 jié: 捷 jie2: victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt捷 Jié: 捷 Jie2: Czech; Czech Republic; abbr. for 捷克[Jie2 ke4]
- forward; onward
- to open up a path; to make one's way through; to construct a road; (electricity) open circuit
- 哄 hōng: 哄 hong1: roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)哄 hǒng: 哄 hong3: to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)哄 hòng: 哄 hong4: tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 腿 tǔi: 腿 tui3: leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]腿 tǔi: 腿 tui3: hip bone
- to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot
- to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage
- 抢 qiǎng: 抢 qiang3: to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch抢 qiāng: 抢 qiang1: (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
- matron of honor (old)
- to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
- torch
- roadside
- 奔 bēn: 奔 ben1: to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope奔 bèn: 奔 ben4: to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [ben1]
- secret place
- 纳 nà: 纳 na4: to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing纳 Nà: 纳 Na4: surname Na