Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- love poem
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 喻 Yù: 喻 Yu4: surname Yu喻 yù: 喻 yu4: to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory
- 隐 yǐn: 隐 yin3: (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-隐 yìn: 隐 yin4: to lean upon
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love
- (romantic) love; CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3]; in love; to have an affair
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- to sing
- even more (so)
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- until
- the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
- during; at the time of
- 冒 Mào: 冒 Mao4: surname Mao冒 mào: 冒 mao4: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover
- 襄 Xiāng: 襄 Xiang1: surname Xiang襄 xiāng: 襄 xiang1: (literary) to assist
- to recollect; to recall (past times); to look back
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- past events; former happenings
- to write; to compose
- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- 梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei
- hut; small temple; nunnery
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- words and sentences
- (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
- emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
- vivid; distinct; clear; sincere; honest
- to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
- 于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning; connotations
- at this point; thus; from then on
- to become; to turn into
- classical
- (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections