Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- to dash (run fast); to rush; to dart
- each month
- start of month; early in the month
- to pray; to say a prayer
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
- to wander about destitute; to be stranded
- to note clearly; to perceive
- to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- almost; nearly; practically
- rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
- to lead to
- bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal; minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
- landing; touchdown; to land; to touch down
- (of tears etc) filling the eyes; (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
- scene; sight (to behold)
- frequently; often
- to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce
- see 橋東區|桥东区[Qiao2 dong1 Qu1]
- house; building; CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]
- fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
- to organize; to put together; to edit
- light and shadow; sunlight and shade
- Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
- the final years (of a regime)
- ruins; historic relics
- west; west side; western part; to the west of
- wilderness
- spacious and empty; void
- no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
- rustic; village; countryside
- incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly
- to mention; to bring up (a subject); with regard to; as for
- to yearn for; to look forward to
- to get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)
- to depart; to leave
- to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again
- to settle for second best; the next best thing
- residence; dwelling
- (coll.) if
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)