Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
- ink-stone
- to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy
- to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare
- 昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration)昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
- almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
- fort; battery
- very small; very little; scant; minimal
- Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history)
- the previous dynasty
- vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing; vigor of style in literary composition
- also known as; alternative name; to also be called
- privet (genus Ligustrum)
- sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
- 榨 zhà: 榨 zha4: to press; to extract (juice)榨 zhà: 榨 zha4: to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc
- felt (fabric)
- fried rice; millet stir-fried in butter
- with one's own hands; personally
- banquet; feast; dinner party; CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
- tableware
- a stand for food at sacrifice
- spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
- emperor; government; official
- Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
- see 武寧縣|武宁县[Wu3 ning2 Xian4]
- Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗[Ming2 Ren2 zong1]
- 巴 bā: 巴 ba1: to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail巴 Bā: 巴 Ba1: Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- 正统 Zhèng tǒng: 正统 Zheng4 tong3: Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]正统 zhèng tǒng: 正统 zheng4 tong3: orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimate
- to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck
- firm and resolute; staunch