Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- jasmine
- strong fragrance; pungent
- to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
- to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- shape and color; appearance; facial expression
- 供 gōng: 供 gong1: to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)供 gòng: 供 gong4: to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])
- to help; to assist
- 压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- 沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten
- Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
- to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- nobleman; person of noble character
- intentionally or otherwise
- person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
- 扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom
- first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
- to gush; to gush out; to pour out
- exultation
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- boisterous; uproarious
- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- to gaze at; to stare at
- 波 Bō: 波 Bo1: (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo波 bō: 波 bo1: wave; ripple; storm; surge
- not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- river bank; river shore; strand
- duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) male prostitute
- to have; to have always had
- to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- yeah (interjection of approval); to belch