Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
- eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061
- early spring
- (history) to have an audience with the Emperor
- over fifty percent; more than half
- to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
- gradually; slowly; (of branches or hair) softly drooping
- pepper
- (bound form) cocoon
- mythical bird related to phoenix
- 啁 zhōu: 啁 zhou1: twittering of birds啁 zhāo: 啁 zhao1: used in 啁哳[zhao1 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [zhou1]
- used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1] and 啁哳[zhao1 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [zha2]
- cave; mountain peak
- to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
- large landholding; vast space
- half-moon; fortnight
- to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
- 迫 pò: 迫 po4: to persecute; to oppress; embarrassed迫 pò: 迫 po4: to force; to compel; to approach or go towards; urgent; pressing迫 pǎi: 迫 pai3: used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3 ji1 pao4]
- Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan; Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- see 襄陽市|襄阳市[Xiang1 yang2 Shi4]
- state of mind; mood
- 霍 Hùo: 霍 Huo4: surname Huo霍 hùo: 霍 huo4: (literary) suddenly
- to be full of; to flood; to congest
- false
- recently; near; close
- (idiom) to look at each other and smile
- rainy night
- 凌 Líng: 凌 Ling2: surname Ling凌 líng: 凌 ling2: to approach; to rise high; thick ice; to insult or maltreat
- tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
- providential good luck; a narrow escape
- (coll.) mother; mom; (literary) elderly mother
- top athlete; heroic warrior
- 矍 Jué: 矍 Jue2: surname Jue矍 jué: 矍 jue2: to glance fearfully
- appliance; tool; weapon; shackles; also pr. [jie4]
- 亟 jí: 亟 ji2: (literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly亟 qì: 亟 qi4: repeatedly; frequently
- rapidly