Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- porthole; scuttle
- to wear
- twilight
- to envelop; to shroud
- back end of a ship; aft
- tacky; inelegant; in poor taste; vulgar; banal
- wine-drinking game
- to blink; to wink
- eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- for a long time; for ages
- to guess
- straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
- to dance
- arable land; to plow land
- water buffalo
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- nature; disposition; innate; natural
- to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people)
- capacity for liquor; how much one can drink
- to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
- lightly; softly
- to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
- to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- as much as one likes
- to caress; to fondle; to look after (tenderly); affectionate care
- crazy; frenzied; wild
- common people; ordinary folk
- (of sultry weather) to be stifling; (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs; to fumigate
- to mix; to mingle
- fist; (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core
- repeatedly; again and again
- should not; to owe nothing
- reason; cause