Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- movable type
- typesetting and printing
- to mail; to send by post
- fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
- middle third of a month
- name of a river in Jiangsu Province
- 展 zhǎn: 展 zhan3: to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect; to postpone; to prolong; exhibition展 Zhǎn: 展 Zhan3: surname Zhan
- amiable (manner); unassuming; written in plain language; easy to take in
- frank; straightforward; blunt
- to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose
- situation; circumstances
- to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc); to stand out markedly
- grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive
- to turn around in one's hands; to play with; to fiddle with
- to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit
- weak; frail
- sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy
- to understand; to make allowances for; understanding
- to beg for a loan
- (phonetic); crafty
- to assemble; to put together
- (bound form) sluggish; stagnant
- foreign land; a place far from home
- lamentable
- to be all alone in the world
- down on one's luck; in straitened circumstances; disappointed; frustrated
- in deep water; difficult situation
- to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)
- a regret; sth regrettable
- later generation
- to dilute
- nature; natural; naturally
- tragedy; CL:齣|出[chu1]
- to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- unknown; unable to find out