Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- Su Xun (1009-1066), Song essayist, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
- Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
- Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
- eloquent; oratory; rhetoric
- poem; poetic works
- Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
- Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
- 骈 Pián: 骈 Pian2: surname Pian骈 pián: 骈 pian2: (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side; to be side by side; to be fused together; parallel (literary style)
- to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate
- to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others)
- motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- knowledge and experience
- excellent; superlative
- to learn; to study
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- a little bit
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- Tang dynasty (618–907)
- to select the best
- official (in an organization or government); administrator
- Tang poetry; a Tang poem
- great master (of literature, music etc)
- Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
- Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
- to worship; adoration
- rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
- seasoned; experienced
- really; indeed
- to monopolize
- to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite
- really isn't
- can't compare with
- didn't expect
- originally; the original; original copy; original version
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to feel anxious about; to have (sth) weighing on one's mind
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband