Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- perfume; fragrant
- (literary) to move forward
- cluster of flowers; inflorescence; flowering shrub
- mountains on one side and water on the other
- to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
- small store
- shop owner
- biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu
- to cover densely
- 倾倒 qīng dǎo: 倾倒 qing1 dao3: to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before倾倒 qīng dào: 倾倒 qing1 dao4: to dump; to pour out; to empty out
- rumor; hearsay
- fairyland; wonderland; paradise
- to roll up; to curl up; (of dust etc) to swirl up
- to climb
- to espy; to spot
- down; downward
- to weaken; to go soft (at the knees)
- abdomen; belly; flank
- 揣 chuǎi: 揣 chuai3: to estimate; to guess; to figure; to surmise揣 chuāi: 揣 chuai1: to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuai3]揣 chuài: 揣 chuai4: used in 囊揣[nang1 chuai4]; used in 掙揣|挣揣[zheng4 chuai4]
- to run out; to escape
- affairs of life; things of the world
- to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of
- sandbank; sandbar
- reed
- depot; storehouse; warehouse
- to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- brook; ditch
- dam; dike
- willow
- old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast