Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1])
- door post
- hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
- to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of
- to be reincarnated
- (idiom) until the end of time
- (literary) to perish; to die
- 矇 méng: 矇 meng2: blind; dim-sighted矇 mēng: 矇 meng1: to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess
- (of gait) unhurried; leisurely
- the day before New Year's Eve
- of humble origin
- (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
- see 灞橋區|灞桥区[Ba4 qiao2 Qu1]
- (literary) that person (usually female); she; one's intended
- to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill; (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
- chronic disease; guilt; remorse
- see 文水縣|文水县[Wen2 shui3 Xian4]
- to overflow; to ripple; used in place names; see 漾濞[Yang4 bi4]
- reed; Phragmites communis
- desolate and cold; frozen wastes
- bones of the body
- (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different); to judge; to decide; to grade; (of a judge) to sentence
- (bound form) widow
- taste; flavor; feeling
- to award posthumously; to write down afterwards; retrospective account
- between rows
- (of poetry etc) plaintive and beautiful; poignant
- 桧 Hùi: 桧 Hui4: used in 秦檜|秦桧[Qin2 Hui4]; Taiwan pr. [Kuai4]桧 gùi: 桧 gui4: Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. [kuai4]
- concise and comprehensive (idiom)
- quality goods; premium product; fine work (of art)
- fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
- somber; cheerless
- long or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely; to swing; pensive; worried