Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to restrain; to check; to hold back
- melancholy
- Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
- wife of a younger brother
- 奥 ào: 奥 ao4: obscure; mysterious奥 ào: 奥 Ao4: (bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4])
- to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
- literature and history
- one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
- spirit; fairy; elf; sprite; genie
- (math.) differential (of a function); differential (equation etc); to differentiate; differentiation
- 复读 fù dú: 复读 fu4 du2: to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school复读 fù dú: 复读 fu4 du2: (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning)
- fool; dolt; clumsy oaf
- happy encounter; fortuitous meeting; adventure
- unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled
- to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fa1]
- thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073
- autumn; fall
- intimate
- to decorate; to adorn; to dress up; to polish (a written piece); to qualify or modify (grammar)
- good looks; beauty; good-looking
- talent; CL:份[fen4]
- hidden; covered; concealed
- language; use of words; phraseology; articles; essays; writing
- to imagine; to envision; imagination
- notable deeds; exploits
- wantonly; recklessly; willfully
- to spread (by word of mouth)
- to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary
- song
- to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- coincidence
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- talented girl
- to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference
- ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
- to migrate; to move
- of short duration; brief; momentary
- to give oneself wholly to; to put oneself at sb's service; (of a woman) to give one's body to; to marry
- harmonious; friendly relations; on good terms with one another
- to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary