Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to relieve melancholy
- tassels
- at what time?; when?
- (white) swan
- 糜 mí: 糜 mi2: rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money)糜 Mí: 糜 Mi2: surname Mi糜 méi: 糜 mei2: millet
- heart ♥ (in card games); red, heart-shaped symbol; bullseye
- to snap one's fingers; (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
- Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
- in Daoism, astral wind on which immortals may ride; strong wind
- reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
- 天心 tiān xīn: 天心 tian1 xin1: center of the sky; will of heaven; will of the Gods; the monarch's will天心 Tiān xīn: 天心 Tian1 xin1: see 天心區|天心区[Tian1 xin1 Qu1]
- traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
- aroma
- Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE; see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]
- to die; to depart this mortal coil
- Sterculia platanifolia
- to rely on
- (bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
- to win; to gain
- Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 shi4], Shandong
- dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days
- lighting; illumination; to light up; to illuminate
- heaven; lord of heaven
- exhausted
- step by step; little by little