Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- in heat
- see 賀歲|贺岁[he4 sui4]
- 炮 bāo: 炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating炮 pào: 炮 pao4: cannon; CL:座[zuo4]; firecracker炮 páo: 炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
- kite
- it is rumored that
- 雨 yǔ: 雨 yu3: rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]雨 yù: 雨 yu4: (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
- to wash; to cleanse of evil
- youngest son; very young son
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- wen xiang, Henan province
- Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
- (idiom) auspicious omen heralding good fortune
- 老子 Lǎo zǐ: 老子 Lao3 zi3: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi老子 lǎo zi: 老子 lao3 zi5: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
- to proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
- Yellow River or Huang He
- mountains and rivers; the whole country
- to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard; to control; to hold
- rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc
- 垛 dǔo: 垛 duo3: battlement; target垛 dùo: 垛 duo4: pile
- vehicles and horses
- 日照 rì zhào: 日照 ri4 zhao4: sunshine日照 Rì zhào: 日照 Ri4 zhao4: see 日照市[Ri4 zhao4 Shi4]
- to be right next to; to lean closely against
- a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
- kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- daily expenses; of everyday use
- dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry)
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- (TCM) to have diarrhea
- day and night; around the clock
- Qing dynasty person
- ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- small plot of farm land; Taiwan pr. [xi1]