Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- February; second month (of the lunar year)
- 新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- printmaking; a print
- timeline; chronology; annals; financial year; year
- concise edition; abridged edition; compendium
- 赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)
- 苕 tiáo: 苕 tiao2: reed grass; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)苕 sháo: 苕 shao2: see 紅苕|红苕[hong2 shao2]
- mad; wild; violent
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- five; 5
- see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山區|中山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1]; Nakayama (Japanese surname); see 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
- 历 lì: 历 li4: calendar历 lì: 历 li4: to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- 六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names
- to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
- used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1 yao2]
- romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- humanity; human race; mankind
- 的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
- eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
- subject (of a talk or conversation); topic
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- China
- ancient times
- brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
- to express; to convey
- in love with; to feel deeply attached to
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- even if; even though
- romantic
- poem; CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4]
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist
- 曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- compendium
- poetry anthology
- introduction; preamble
- to indicate; to point out
- lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack