Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- ant nest
- to look at sth through a bamboo tube; to have a restricted view
- baby; doll
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- old site; site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
- Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
- wooden shoes
- to constrict; to draw tight; to gather (one's thoughts); to bring to a close; to pack (for a journey)
- scales (to weigh things)
- surname Deng
- 尉 Wèi: 尉 Wei4: surname Wei尉 wèi: 尉 wei4: military officer尉 yù: 尉 yu4: used in 尉遲|尉迟[Yu4 chi2]; used in 尉犁[Yu4 li2] (the name of a place in Xinjiang)
- red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
- drawing; picture
- race (of people)
- snow; snow cover; snow mantle
- 柏 Bǎi: 柏 Bai3: surname Bai; Taiwan pr. [Bo2]柏 bǎi: 柏 bai3: cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]柏 bó: 柏 bo2: (used for transcribing names)柏 bò: 柏 bo4: used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2 bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
- upright; erect; to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect
- tantamount to; to be like
- bald head
- 扁 piān: 扁 pian1: (bound form) small扁 Piān: 扁 Pian1: surname Pian扁 biǎn: 扁 bian3: flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up
- rotten
- spiral shell; snail; conch
- branch; limb (of a tree)
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- 孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
- used in 幞頭|幞头[fu2 tou2]; Taiwan pr. [pu2]
- on the way
- room; universe
- 咳 ké: 咳 ke2: cough咳 hāi: 咳 hai1: sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow
- to go upstream; to trace the source
- short name for Anhui 安徽[An1 hui1]
- foot of a hill
- 季 jì: 季 ji4: season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields季 Jì: 季 Ji4: surname Ji
- faithful official
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- see 南湖區|南湖区[Nan2 hu2 Qu1]
- see 潛山市|潜山市[Qian2 shan1 Shi4]
- mountain ridge
- friend
- surname Cai