Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam); Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century); Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period); old name for Vietnam; Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan; Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
- proportion; scale
- rustic; low; base; mean; to despise; to scorn
- see 蒼梧縣|苍梧县[Cang1 wu2 Xian4]
- Mongolia; Mongol ethnic group
- (literary) brief obituary; one's past experience; one's past record; Taiwan pr. [xing4 zhuang4]
- A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
- Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
- other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiang1 jiang1] in Hunan province
- imperial concubine
- Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi; Venus
- senior concubine; imperial consort
- (literary) pendant ornament; earring; eunuch
- final segment; last stage
- to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- precious jade; treasures
- at first; devise; originate
- to become a Buddha; to attain enlightenment
- lit. to ascend to heaven; to die
- nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- to know
- regent; monarch
- awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success
- to criticize harshly; to excoriate
- portion; part of; subset
- to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- red lacquer; to lacquer