Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection
- to attempt; to try; attempt; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to drop (subject etc)
- in charge of; to control
- a huge sum; an enormous amount (of money)
- public money
- to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3]
- personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
- to trust; to have confidence in
- muddy; turbid
- lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive
- (idiom) every word is a gem
- consequences; aftermath
- to organize; to set up; to establish
- to revive; to rejuvenate
- wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance; love affair; romance is in the air; dissipated life
- to pose as; to flaunt oneself as; to boast of; to brag
- reputation and integrity
- Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
- old affair; former matter
- (idiom) depressed; cheerless
- legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money
- to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as
- poetic individual; person of refined temperament
- melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; highbrow art and literature
- to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery
- stubborn; obstinate; unbending
- to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract
- receptacle; vessel; (computing) container
- flatfish; flounder
- lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits; pros and cons
- to control
- to attend an opera; to see an opera