Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- treacherous person; evil spirit
- inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal
- to resent; resentment
- intolerable; unacceptable
- to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions
- aspect; phase; situation
- 弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with
- (idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
- to come from
- to reveal; to elucidate; to set forth; to articulate; to announce publicly; to promulgate
- to sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize
- curse; swear (oath)
- (idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- to withhold information; to keep sth secret
- hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity; absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)
- honest; forthcoming; to confess
- obscene; indecent; bawdy
- heartfelt and genuine
- to make more beautiful; to decorate; embellishment
- to pick out; to select; to elect
- alluring; erotic; romantic
- excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
- lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene
- grieved; sorrowful
- different tunes played with equal skill (idiom); different methods leading to the same result; different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
- (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others
- characteristic; trait; feature
- broad-minded; accepting; philosophical (about things)
- an excerpt; a digest
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- disconsolate; forlorn; grievance
- mournful
- universal; applicable to all (or both); shared; common
- happy; joyous; delighted
- forlorn; miserable
- lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail
- to wail with grief; plaintive cry