Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty
- thought; idea; intention
- to pray for; to appeal
- to bless and protect; to protect
- safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)
- facade; external wall
- to collapse; to droop; to settle down
- (idiom) too many to count; innumerable
- field; farmland; cropland; plight; extent
- farm crop
- hardly; not in the least; not at all
- to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
- (of weather) to clear up
- Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai
- accounts; financial records; accounting entry
- monetary reward; remuneration
- father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
- shortage of money
- to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
- last third of the month
- Donghai, a county in Lianyungang City 連雲港市|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 Shi4], Jiangsu
- to collect rent
- one's close relatives
- 京都 jīng dū: 京都 jing1 du1: capital (of a country)京都 Jīng dū: 京都 Jing1 du1: Kyoto (city in Japan)
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- governor of a province
- riot; rebellion; revolt
- outstanding military service
- brilliant; impressive; outstanding
- exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
- happy
- to return
- (formal) to take leave of sb; to bid farewell
- deceased father; my late father
- to resell
- to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- reputation; prestige; public esteem
- halfway; midway; on the way
- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- to leave port; to put off