Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- gladly; cheerfully
- to hear suddenly; to learn of sth unexpectedly
- older male patrilineal cousin
- Alioth; Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
- younger sister
- fast; rapid; quick; velocity
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- to close a door
- tired; weary
- to lie; to crouch
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- to look askance at
- unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares; a short while; a little while ago; circa. (for approximate dates)
- thou
- 藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- son-in-law; husband
- 耶 ye: 耶 ye5: final particle indicating enthusiasm etc耶 yé: 耶 ye2: interrogative particle (classical)耶 yē: 耶 ye1: (phonetic ye)
- distressed; embarrassed
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- uproarious laughter
- in a pique; sulky; cross
- to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family)
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 嘲 zhāo: 嘲 zhao1: used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1]嘲 cháo: 嘲 chao2: to ridicule; to mock
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- timid; cowardly; rustic; Taiwan pr. [que4]
- stature; build (height and weight); figure
- still; as before
- cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times; headscarf (typically worn by women); kerchief; turban
- 揭 jiē: 揭 jie1: to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask揭 Jiē: 揭 Jie1: surname Jie
- to look at each other
- beautiful; sweet; engaging
- 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
- first month of the lunar year
- wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple; (botany) anthurium
- (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- to share nuptial cup; (fig.) to get married
- alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast
- meals
- (legal) case; incident; record; file; table