Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging
- quiet and comfortable
- meal; to eat; classifier for meals
- to walk slowly; to stroll
- thirsty
- to follow; to continue
- spleen
- will; resolution; aspiration
- 饮水 yǐn shǔi: 饮水 yin3 shui3: to drink water; drinking water饮水 yìn shǔi: 饮水 yin4 shui3: to give water (to animals)
- what people see and hear; public perception; audiovisual
- (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
- to last forever; eternal; enduring
- Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
- rage
- to follow; to obey; compliance
- an old observation (idiom); a truism; banal comments
- to enlighten; lattice window
- elegant plaything; object to appreciate
- writing brush and ink stone
- frequency; frequently; repetitious
- guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
- (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible
- to cut down; to mow; to eliminate; scythe
- 莳 shì: 莳 shi4: (literary) to grow; (literary) to transplant; Taiwan pr. [shi2]莳 shí: 莳 shi2: used in 蒔蘿|莳萝[shi2 luo2]
- pleasant; happy
- a dispute; to wrangle
- to toil; hard work
- to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considerations etc); Taiwan pr. [xun2]; to follow; to expose publicly
- to knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate; distressed
- (literary) to melt; to dissolve
- (literary) neck
- bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn
- shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art
- Chinese boxing; fisticuffs
- the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
- to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- circle