Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- wide; open (spaces); to open up
- river bank
- deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths; incomprehensible; enigmatic and impossible to predict
- fish bait
- to forage; to hunt for food; to scavenge; fig. to make a living
- palm of the hand; classifier: slap
- positive point; merit; redeeming quality
- order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- firecracker
- to respond; response
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- old; aged
- to run a school
- every; various; separately, one by one
- to regard as the foremost; to name as a prime example; to implement for the first time
- clear; limpid
- interesting; fascinating; amusing
- thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
- to describe; description
- to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4]
- (literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- as if made by heaven
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- pile
- the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- anise; star anise; aniseed; octagonal; Fructus Anisi stellati
- mold; type; style; model
- from now on; in the future; time to come
- place of historic interest; historical site
- need not; not obliged to; not necessarily