Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- mournful; uncertain
- 柬 jiǎn: 柬 jian3: card; note; letter柬 Jiǎn: 柬 Jian3: abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia
- son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3])
- (literary) forehead
- pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
- to shame
- to feel sad
- (idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
- to sign (a signature)
- swordsmanship
- see 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4]
- judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism)
- to scowl; to knit the brows
- 巢湖 Cháo Hú: 巢湖 Chao2 Hu2: Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui巢湖 Cháo hú: 巢湖 Chao2 hu2: see 巢湖市[Chao2 hu2 Shi4]
- unrivalled; matchless
- kindness; affection; grace; favor
- one's whole life; throughout one's life
- see 高平市[Gao1 ping2 Shi4]
- 符 Fú: 符 Fu2: surname Fu符 fú: 符 fu2: mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond to; tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
- name of a river; surname Lu
- to surpass; to stand above the crowd
- (bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- sand blown by wind; sandstorm
- to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
- future (career etc) prospects
- boyfriend; paramour (of a woman)
- membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem; culm
- diligent
- years; time; age