Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
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- to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country
- to apologize; to regret; deficient
- edible salt; table salt
- (idiom) (of a woman) elegant and supple
- ashamed look
- the Other List (Qing dynasty register of outlaws); a blacklist of undesirables
- vast; impressive; self-satisfied; immensely pleased with oneself
- blurred; hard to make out distinctly
- lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
- full; complete; all of
- to know well; to be fully aware of
- ordinary person; mortal; earthling
- medication; herbal remedy
- 泗 sì: 泗 si4: nasal mucus泗 Sì: 泗 Si4: river in Shandong
- 啮 niè: 啮 nie4: to gnaw; to erode啮 niè: 啮 nie4: to gnaw啮 Niè: 啮 Nie4: surname Nie
- great aspiration; great ambition
- threshold; inner appartments; woman; wife (honorific)
- to die in childhood; war dead
- 理学 Lǐ xué: 理学 Li3 xue2: School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])理学 lǐ xué: 理学 li3 xue2: science
- boundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon)
- 友谊 Yǒu yì: 友谊 You3 yi4: see 友誼縣|友谊县[You3 yi4 Xian4]友谊 yǒu yì: 友谊 you3 yi4: companionship; fellowship; friendship
- lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
- 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
- surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
- to throw away one's life