Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- general overview; to skim through
- jungle
- to take office; to assume a post
- to ride a horse
- the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
- locust tree (Sophora japonica)
- to encircle; to surround; to embrace
- sand and stones
- bright and clean; luminous
- (of dry soil etc) to crack; (of skin) to chap
- charcoal
- tree leaves
- to call it...; known as...
- persimmon; (Northeastern dialect) tomato
- as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; smooth; easy; without difficulty
- to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
- a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
- acerbic (taste); astringent
- mouth of a spring or fountain
- to bubble out; to squirt
- 奔腾 Bēn téng: 奔腾 Ben1 teng2: Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)奔腾 bēn téng: 奔腾 ben1 teng2: (of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves; to gallop
- continually; without a break; ceaselessly
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- alone
- wonderful scenery; amazing sight; (fig.) marvel
- Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]
- refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- (idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage
- to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc