Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]
- midsummer; second month of summer
- human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2 shou4 bao3 xian3])
- to flourish; luxuriant growth
- (of water) deep and clear
- please help achieve something (formal)
- divine by stalk
- to admire; to express admiration
- publicly owned; communal; held in common
- the present age; the contemporary era
- to stand upright (physically); to establish oneself (morally or socially); to conduct oneself with integrity
- administration; (attributive) administrative; executive
- to mourn; to pay last respects
- phonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
- to condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood)
- serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious
- 100 million
- sobbing; sound of bell
- difficult to pronounce
- handsome; large; long
- 缥 piāo: 缥 piao1: used in 縹渺|缥渺[piao1 miao3]; Taiwan pr. [piao3]缥 piǎo: 缥 piao3: (literary) light blue; (literary) light blue silk fabric
- legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
- men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur
- (old) dowager; old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
- (bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product); (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings; classifier for a dose of medicine
- 喔 o: 喔 o5: (Tw) (sentence-final particle) (used to convey a friendly tone when giving an admonition or correcting sb etc)喔 ō: 喔 o1: (interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)喔 wō: 喔 wo1: (onom.) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated); Taiwan pr. [wo4]
- mother's sister; maternal aunt
- 高阳 Gāo Yáng: 高阳 Gao1 Yang2: Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist高阳 Gāo yáng: 高阳 Gao1 yang2: see 高陽縣|高阳县[Gao1 yang2 Xian4]
- deputy; subordinate; concubine