Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- a short time; a moment
- for no reason at all
- (literary) (of eyes) bright; shining
- conflagration; large fire; CL:場|场[chang2]
- to sweat profusely
- to repel mosquitoes
- 伺 sì: 伺 si4: to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy伺 cì: 伺 ci4: used in 伺候[ci4 hou5]
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
- gangrene
- sincerity; absolute good faith
- thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through
- (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
- two trees that grow together as one; fig. conjugal union
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- to act with reverence; reverent
- see 西華縣|西华县[Xi1 hua2 Xian4]
- misgivings
- lax; negligent
- (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
- appearance; looks; profile; countenance
- clothes and ornaments
- twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
- the sky; the heavens
- (Tw) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc); to move beyond; to transcend
- (bound form) to imitate; to copy
- 祥云 xiáng yún: 祥云 xiang2 yun2: magic cloud祥云 Xiáng yún: 祥云 Xiang2 yun2: see 祥雲縣|祥云县[Xiang2 yun2 Xian4]
- 款式 kuǎn shi: 款式 kuan3 shi5: elegant; elegance; good taste款式 kuǎn shì: 款式 kuan3 shi4: pattern; style; design; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- (flying) wing to wing
- (literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
- calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- surname Ying; river in Henan and Anhui
- the beginning of Spring; the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day