Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- mixed in as part of a community; hiding one's identity; occupying a position while not deserving it
- desolate; empty
- to chant; to recite rhythmically; to polish verse
- 围城 Wéi chéng: 围城 Wei2 cheng2: Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV serial围城 wéi chéng: 围城 wei2 cheng2: siege; besieged city
- soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
- fire beacon (to give alarm)
- staggering; shocking; frightened
- from house to house; from door to door
- broken; dilapidated
- see 慈溪市[Ci2 xi1 Shi4]
- (polite) my mother
- accompanied by one's dependents; encumbered by wife and children
- bad luck; misfortune; adversity
- 下场 xià chang: 下场 xia4 chang5: the end; to conclude下场 xià chǎng: 下场 xia4 chang3: to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
- 莅 Lì: 莅 Li4: river in Hebei莅 lì: 莅 li4: to attend (an official function); to be present; to administer; to approach (esp. as administrator)
- to call on (people) to gather; to convene
- to go into exile; to be in exile
- to estimate; to fine (archaic)
- hatchet
- farewell presents
- net; fishing net; bird net
- rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
- to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
- to tie up one's hair; (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
- voice; tone; information
- in peril; facing disaster
- to implicate; implicated; to link together
- surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2 guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2 guo2]
- (bound form) moth
- gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving