Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
- to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
- rhetoric
- to paint; to whitewash; to decorate; plaster; fig. to gloss over; to cover up
- fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
- voluminous; flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
- special glory; distinction; rare honor; one's laurels; it's a privilege (to meet you)
- dust; (soil taxonomy) spodosol
- 安息 ān xī: 安息 An1 xi1: Parthia (ancient country in central Asia)安息 ān xī: 安息 an1 xi1: to rest; to go to sleep; to rest in peace
- water vapor; steam
- youth; youthfulness
- see 華亭市|华亭市[Hua2 ting2 Shi4]
- (literary) fine jade
- box case
- rib (in fabric); ribbed pattern
- paw print
- rheumatism
- passenger ship
- to weaken; to attenuate
- peerless; unmatched in his generation; incomparable (talent, beauty)
- social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); worth; value (of stocks, valuables etc)
- 班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban
- orchid; fragrant thoroughwort; (botany) Eupatorium fortunei; Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
- 上头 shàng tou: 上头 shang4 tou5: the top; the upper part; (its) surface; the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups上头 shàng tóu: 上头 shang4 tou2: (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention; (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)
- 凄迷 qī mí: 凄迷 qi1 mi2: pained and bewildered凄迷 qī mí: 凄迷 qi1 mi2: dreary and fuzzy (sight)
- Cydonia japonica
- Platypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
- (literary) prime years; youthful years
- hang down
- 颛 Zhuān: 颛 Zhuan1: surname Zhuan颛 zhuān: 颛 zhuan1: good; simple
- memorial tablet
- volumes of classics; volumes of scriptures; ancient scrolls