Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- sundown; sunset
- glow of the setting sun
- as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious
- to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- wonton
- setting sun
- 弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
- 弹 tán: 弹 tan2: to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)弹 dàn: 弹 dan4: crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
- meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])
- 温 Wēn: 温 Wen1: surname Wen温 wēn: 温 wen1: warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever
- moonlight
- tipsy
- bath; to bathe
- sandal
- (Buddhism) retribution; karma
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- 体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- city; town; CL:座[zuo4]
- to buy; to purchase
- (bound form) chrysanthemum
- everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- to plant
- September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
- 卜 bǔ: 卜 bu3: (bound form) to divine卜 Bǔ: 卜 Bu3: surname Bu卜 bó: 卜 bo2: used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
- 筑 Zhù: 筑 Zhu4: short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]筑 zhù: 筑 zhu4: to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- to buy; to purchase
- vegetable garden
- salary; wage
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- plain cotton clothing; (literary) the common people
- amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola
- lifelong; all one's life; marriage
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- circumstances
- (of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power)
- vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)