Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- 辟 bì: 辟 bi4: (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service辟 pì: 辟 pi4: penal law辟 pì: 辟 pi4: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- not yet; not so far
- downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
- reeds
- sign of human habitation
- same trade or business; person in the same trade or business
- ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]
- T-shaped
- 崇 Chóng: 崇 Chong2: surname Chong崇 chóng: 崇 chong2: high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship
- former acquaintance; old friend
- soldier's pay
- 瓮 wèng: 瓮 weng4: earthen jar; urn瓮 wèng: 瓮 weng4: pottery container for water, wine etc瓮 Wèng: 瓮 Weng4: surname Weng
- poetry and literature
- 呶 náo: 呶 nao2: clamor; (onom.) "look!"呶 nǔ: 呶 nu3: to pout
- to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- tuning; temperament; music
- to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
- sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
- to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
- to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open
- goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- pirate
- hawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs
- hunting
- birds
- mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
- 字号 zì hao: 字号 zi4 hao5: character size; font size; fame; reputation; shop; name of a shop字号 zì hào: 字号 zi4 hao4: characters and numbers (as used in a code); alphanumeric code; serial number
- spring tide
- 闸 zhá: 闸 zha2: sluice; lock (on waterway)闸 zhá: 闸 zha2: sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch
- drought
- 潦 lǎo: 潦 lao3: flooded; heavy rain潦 liáo: 潦 liao2: used in 潦草[liao2 cao3]; used in 潦倒[liao2 dao3]
- (of a tide) to ebb or go out
- (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
- 佃 diàn: 佃 dian4: to rent farmland from a landlord佃 tián: 佃 tian2: to cultivate; to hunt
- star alignment (in astrology)