Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to boil
- busybody; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- to itch to demonstrate one's skill
- to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful
- 撩 liáo: 撩 liao2: to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)撩 liāo: 撩 liao1: to lift up (sth hanging down); to raise (hem of skirt); to pull up (sleeve); to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)
- next year
- fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- see 虎丘區|虎丘区[Hu3 qiu1 Qu1]
- special invitation
- candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- emissary; envoy
- to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance
- to meet (socially)
- 拉 là: 拉 la4: used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]拉 lá: 拉 la2: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash拉 lā: 拉 la1: to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant; (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight
- clear; vast and deep; classifier for a body of clear water
- limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
- cold; poor; to tremble
- writing; culture
- (bound form) chick; young bird
- now; this moment
- to daydream; wishful thinking; pipe dream
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- 叙 Xù: 叙 Xu4: abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]叙 xù: 叙 xu4: to narrate; to chat
- (old) impoverished scholar
- to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- apprehensive; on edge
- to thank with a gift
- private (i.e. not work-related 因公[yin1 gong1])
- poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
- rarity; rare object; rare person; extraordinarily beautiful woman
- 席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)