Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- (derog.) opera singer; actor
- appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- to feign; to pretend
- attentive; careful
- cheek
- mellow and full; suave; smooth and round; rich (in voice)
- skin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship
- (of skin etc) fair; delicate
- to match; to tally
- Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
- good fortune; a blessing
- pretty; beautiful
- to fit; to suit
- to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with
- to visit places famous for their scenery
- auspicious; lucky
- already; to be already so; to have long been the case
- really; in fact; genuinely; scrupulously
- 好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with
- to conform (with); to echo; to correlate well; (linguistics) agreement
- tourist attraction; scenic spot
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- to link; to join; link; connection
- silly; stupid
- to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- to dazzle; to offend the eyes; dazzling; harsh (light); crude (colors); unsightly
- nature (the natural world)
- to turn to (sth else); to switch to
- rich family; large landlord
- bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland