Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to let go; to release
- the back; the reverse side; the wrong side
- Han River (Hanshui)
- to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
- wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie
- snowflake
- to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
- scene; scenario; situation; setting
- utility
- a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms
- couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)
- just like; solemn; dignified; neatly laid out
- to write down
- Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history; any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
- to fight; to wage war
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- Xiushui or Hsiushui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
- hall
- interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating
- to collapse (of building); to topple over
- to buy; to acquire; to add to one's possessions
- to congratulate; to celebrate
- New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
- to drink one's fill
- to chat
- genealogy; family tree
- clan; clansman
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy; an inscribed poem
- Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
- see 南平市[Nan2 ping2 Shi4]
- grand; imposing; magnificent; majestic
- city gate tower