Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to bow the head; to yield; to give in
- so as to; for the purpose of; in order to
- 苑 Yuàn: 苑 Yuan4: surname Yuan苑 yuàn: 苑 yuan4: (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park; (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)
- to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
- Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province; see also 龍潭|龙潭[long2 tan2]; Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
- countable; denumerable
- dwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
- to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
- and then; and thereby; and in turn
- abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican
- 石狮 Shí shī: 石狮 Shi2 shi1: see 石獅市|石狮市[Shi2 shi1 Shi4]石狮 shí shī: 石狮 shi2 shi1: see 石獅子|石狮子[shi2 shi1 zi5]
- (of a location) strategic; advantageous
- Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
- paddy field; rice paddy
- (dialect) sweet potato; yam
- oily
- autumn scenery; harvest season
- to enjoy together
- see 奇花異草|奇花异草[qi2 hua1 yi4 cao3]
- iris; Iris tectorum
- white hair (of animals); see also 白髮|白发[bai2 fa4]
- white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]
- bridge, bank
- sunshine; to shine upon
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- money; coins; currency; silk
- twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
- the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
- 三元 Sān yuán: 三元 San1 yuan2: see 三元區|三元区[San1 yuan2 Qu1]三元 sān yuán: 三元 san1 yuan2: (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]