Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- see 臨川區|临川区[Lin2 chuan1 Qu1]
- The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3]
- approximate; rough
- stamen; pistil
- mountain of Immortals
- wholeheartedly
- the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
- nothingness
- to doze; to take a nap; nodding off to sleep
- hopeful; promising
- to amuse
- a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- see 廣陵區|广陵区[Guang3 ling2 Qu1]
- scattered; mixed and disorganized
- pool; pond
- man or men (formal)
- several months
- 殷 yǐn: 殷 yin3: roll of thunder殷 yīn: 殷 yin1: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable殷 yān: 殷 yan1: dark red殷 Yīn: 殷 Yin1: surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan
- 尹 Yǐn: 尹 Yin3: surname Yin尹 yǐn: 尹 yin3: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
- to attach most importance to
- to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
- 爇 rùo: 爇 ruo4: burn; heat爇 rè: 爇 re4: heat; to burn
- 蔌 sù: 蔌 su4: (literary) vegetables蔌 Sù: 蔌 Su4: surname Su
- perfume; fragrance
- strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- to eat to the full
- full (as of eating)
- to express; to describe
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- mallard; Anas platyrhyncha
- companion
- creeper; climbing plant; twiner
- thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
- (bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question; (bound form) news; information
- hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
- 瑶 Yáo: 瑶 Yao2: surname Yao; Yao ethnic group瑶 yáo: 瑶 yao2: jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl; nacre; precious; used a complementary honorific