Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集

• zhí wèizhi2 wei4职位x3 | Book Rank #6972position; post; job
• dù gùodu4 guo4度过x5 | Book Rank #4536to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
• yīn xìnyin1 xin4音信x5 | Book Rank #4537message
• dài wéidai4 wei2代为x2 | Book Rank #9461to do sth on behalf of sb else
• yá nèiya2 nei4衙内x1 | Book Rank #13907child of an official; palace bodyguard
• shì wùshi4 wu4事务x3 | Book Rank #6973(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
• dé yǐde2 yi3得以x6 | Book Rank #3901able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
• hán dōnghan2 dong1寒冬x3 | Book Rank #6974cold winter
• Yá, yáYa2, ya2衙x5 | Book Rank #4538衙 Yá: 衙 Ya2: surname Ya衙 yá: 衙 ya2: office; yamen 衙門|衙门
• jiā zhùjia1 zhu4家住x3 | Book Rank #6975
• zhèng, zhēngzheng4, zheng1挣x2 | Book Rank #9462挣 zhèng: 挣 zheng4: to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)挣 zhēng: 挣 zheng1: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
• èr shí liǎnger4 shi2 liang3二十两x3 | Book Rank #6976
• hù sònghu4 song4护送x4 | Book Rank #5534to escort; to accompany
• wáng qīwang2 qi1亡妻x1 | Book Rank #13908one's late wife
• húi lǎo jiāhui2 lao3 jia1回老家x2 | Book Rank #9463to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
• huán gěihuan2 gei3还给x2 | Book Rank #9464to return sth to sb
• zhān bǔzhan1 bu3占卜x4 | Book Rank #5535to divine
• guàgua4卦x2 | Book Rank #9465divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
• qī pànqi1 pan4期盼x1 | Book Rank #13909to expect; to await
• xiāo xixiao1 xi5消息x26 | Book Rank #1009(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
• yǎo wú yīn xìnyao3 wu2 yin1 xin4杳无音信x1 | Book Rank #13910to have no news whatever
• jiǎ zi niánjia3 zi5 nian2甲子年x2 | Book Rank #9466
• chù fāchu4 fa1触发x1 | Book Rank #13911to trigger; to spark
• yóu yùyou2 yu4犹豫x1 | Book Rank #13912to hesitate
• rù gǔru4 gu3入骨x1 | Book Rank #13913
• lái bu jílai2 bu5 ji2来不及x4 | Book Rank #5536there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
• bēn bōben1 bo1奔波x3 | Book Rank #6977to rush about; to be constantly on the move
• xī xiàxi1 xia4膝下x5 | Book Rank #4539at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
• chéng huāncheng2 huan1承欢x4 | Book Rank #5537to cater to sb to make them happy (esp. of one's parents)
• tūi tūotui1 tuo1推脱x1 | Book Rank #13914to evade; to shirk
• diào xiàodiao4 xiao4吊孝x1 | Book Rank #13915a condolence visit
• zhè cìzhe4 ci4这次x10 | Book Rank #2478
• líng tángling2 tang2灵堂x2 | Book Rank #9467mourning hall; funeral hall
• shǒu wánshou3 wan2守完x1 | Book Rank #13916
• qī qī sì shí jiǔ tiānqi1 qi1 si4 shi2 jiu3 tian1七七四十九天x2 | Book Rank #9468
• shāng yìshang1 yi4商议x1 | Book Rank #13917to negotiate; discussion; proposal
• bàn lǐban4 li3办理x5 | Book Rank #4540to handle; to transact; to conduct
• mōmo1摸x2 | Book Rank #9469to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
• xiào daoxiao4 dao5孝道x1 | Book Rank #13918filial piety (Confucian virtue); to be a good son or daughter
• chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎngchao3 chao3 rang3 rang3吵吵嚷嚷x2 | Book Rank #9470to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)
• yìng fuying4 fu5应付x1 | Book Rank #13919to deal with; to cope
• qiàn xiàqian4 xia4欠下x1 | Book Rank #13920
• gūi huángui1 huan2归还x1 | Book Rank #13921to return sth; to revert
• sǔo qǔsuo3 qu3索取x1 | Book Rank #13922to ask; to demand
• shī gǔ wèi hánshi1 gu3 wei4 han2尸骨未寒x1 | Book Rank #13923
• chèn jīchen4 ji1趁机x2 | Book Rank #9471to seize an opportunity
• tǎo zhàngtao3 zhang4讨账x2 | Book Rank #9472to demand payment; to collect overdue payment
• tài guò fèntai4 guo4 fen4太过分x1 | Book Rank #13924
• sī dǐ xiasi1 di3 xia5私底下x2 | Book Rank #9473privately; secretly; confidentially
• zhǐ shǐzhi3 shi3指使x1 | Book Rank #13925to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)