Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); fig. a girl's teenage years; maidenhood; a budding beauty
- see 西陵區|西陵区[Xi1 ling2 Qu1]
- ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi; Chencang district of Baoji City
- horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
- (bound form) saddle
- to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
- to remain silent; to have nothing to say
- to exchange love tokens or vows; to pledge one's love; to get engaged
- see 九原區|九原区[Jiu3 yuan2 Qu1]
- 银海 Yín hǎi: 银海 Yin2 hai3: see 銀海區|银海区[Yin2 hai3 Qu1]银海 yín hǎi: 银海 yin2 hai3: moviedom; the world of movies; film circles
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- obstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
- sovereign king
- weep
- disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
- (bound form) distant; remote; far away
- aromatherapy
- flower show
- to reduce payment; to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc); to let sb off paying
- firmament; heaven
- broken mirror; fig. broken marriage; divorce
- to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
- Chongzhen, reign name of last Ming emperor (1628-1644)
- candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
- see 桐城市[Tong2 cheng2 Shi4]
- see 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4]
- grand and heroic; exuberant character
- crazy; mad; madly
- to sing with solemn fervor; sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
- 訾 Zī: 訾 Zi1: surname Zi訾 zī: 訾 zi1: to calculate; to assess; wealth訾 zǐ: 訾 zi3: to slander; to detest
- to curse; to scold
- (used in people's names)
- 奄 yān: 奄 yan1: to castrate; to delay奄 yǎn: 奄 yan3: suddenly; abruptly; hastily; to cover; to surround奄 Yǎn: 奄 Yan3: surname Yan
- song lyric; lyrics
- governor general 總督|总督[zong3 du1] and inspector general 巡撫|巡抚[xun2 fu3]
- imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
- learned; erudite