Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- thirteenth day of a month
- memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
- courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor
- approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow
- sad; sorrowful (literary)
- if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- hello; hi
- skeleton of the dead
- to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)
- lifetime achievements
- back cushion
- to spin; to rotate; to revolve
- summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo); CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3]
- fortunately; luckily
- father's younger brother; uncle
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- to cry; to wail
- mother
- symptom (of an illness)
- item made from woven silk or rayon
- rough-textured fabric of waste silk
- to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
- urgent; emergency
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- ardent; eager; earnest
- to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind
- one by one; one after another
- to read and pass on; to pass on for perusal
- safe and sound (idiom)
- see 三伏[san1 fu2]
- flustered; agitated
- rushed and muddled
- brother's son; nephew
- to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into
- bed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
- footstep; step
- to shake; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; shock