Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to discuss; to talk about
- girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]
- beautiful; wonderful; splendid
- touching; moving
- singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet
- ivory; elephant tusk
- to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
- (idiom) dead drunk; plastered; as drunk as a lord
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home
- rumor
- the day before yesterday
- prostitute; hooker
- to drink (alcohol)
- to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- see 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
- husband of younger female cousin via female line
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- pretty; beautiful
- implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- to suffer from (a disadvantage)
- enough; sufficient
- famous courtesan
- regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
- many; a lot of; much
- to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
- antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus); sung reply (in agreement with first voice); to reply with a poem in the same rhythm
- to ask for; to request; to demand
- to look down upon; to despise
- lowly; humble
- to lose; to put aside; to throw
- confluence; to converge; to join; to fuse; fusion
- to arrive; to come
- habitation; dwelling place; residence; CL:處|处[chu4]
- middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
- charm; grace; elegant bearing (usually feminine)
- period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]