Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- 僚 Liáo: 僚 Liao2: surname Liao僚 liáo: 僚 liao2: bureaucrat; colleague
- rather; quite
- to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
- (bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to; (bound form) company; firm; enterprise; corporation (abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3 ye4]); Taiwan pr. [qi4]
- water conservancy; irrigation works
- to store; to have sth in storage
- cashier; to receive and hand over payment; to lend and borrow books
- to plan; to scheme
- an all-rounder; good at everything
- quick fix; opportune short cut (around a difficulty); cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one
- to explain in simple terms; succinct; concise
- an unhappy couple (formal writing)
- still water
- to ask a favor of
- 武功 wǔ gōng: 武功 wu3 gong1: martial art; military accomplishments; (Peking opera) martial arts feats武功 Wǔ gōng: 武功 Wu3 gong1: see 武功縣|武功县[Wu3 gong1 Xian4]
- crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown
- slippers
- powerful horse
- broker
- to sneer
- disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified
- party boss
- to skim (through a book); to read cursorily; to dip into
- spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life; CL:朵[duo3]
- used in 嬋娟|婵娟[chan2 juan1] and 嬋媛|婵媛[chan2 yuan2]
- jade annulus
- 阳春 Yáng chūn: 阳春 Yang2 chun1: see 陽春市|阳春市[Yang2 chun1 Shi4]阳春 yáng chūn: 阳春 yang2 chun1: mild spring weather
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- mistake; error; mishap
- (literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally
- great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2]