Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology)
- the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
- palace; CL:座[zuo4]
- to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
- mound; small hill
- two-character surname Nangong; see 南宮市|南宫市[Nan2 gong1 Shi4]
- (literary) happy; delighted
- to perform walking meditation
- plants
- (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
- (literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart; (old) classifier for troops
- auspicious animal (such as the dragon)
- imperial concubine
- to give birth to a child or children
- shed; canopy; shack
- pine nut
- grape
- carp
- a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
- deer
- bare and bald (of mountains); bright and brilliant; fat and sleek
- glistening plumage of birds
- fill up; to stuff
- bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)
- 龟 gūi: 龟 gui1: tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold龟 qīu: 龟 qiu1: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- stepmother
- filial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
- maternal love
- to confuse; to be puzzled
- (old) (military) a command; an order
- very late at night
- 汲 Jí: 汲 Ji2: surname Ji汲 jí: 汲 ji2: to draw (water)
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide
- hail