Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- smooth; steady
- inside back cover
- 临海 Lín hǎi: 临海 Lin2 hai3: see 臨海市|临海市[Lin2 hai3 Shi4]临海 lín hǎi: 临海 lin2 hai3: to overlook the sea; on the waterfront
- person; figure; public figure
- (literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
- seventeen; 17
- natural; graceful; and poised
- the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- 朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- big wave; Taiwan pr. [tao2]
- young dragon with horns
- History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵|魏征[Wei4 Zheng1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls
- History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls
- 黎 Lí: 黎 Li2: Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]黎 lí: 黎 li2: (literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- (of divinity) to bless; to protect
- eighteen; 18
- see 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4]
- see 南山區|南山区[Nan2 shan1 Qu1]
- to exaggerate
- precious stone
- used in 颶風|飓风[ju4 feng1]
- sound of thunder
- same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
- 熊 xíong: 熊 xiong2: bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable熊 Xíong: 熊 Xiong2: surname Xiong
- brown bear
- cattle and sheep; livestock
- donkey; CL:頭|头[tou2]
- six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
- consulate; diplomatic mission
- Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1 hua2 wen2 hua4] "Chinese culture"); used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1 hua2 Min2 guo2]
- to confer a title upon sb; to dub; to crown; to invest with rank or title
- jail
- pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist