Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- 疏 Shū: 疏 Shu1: surname Shu疏 shū: 疏 shu1: to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation
- knowing (of a smile, look etc)
- 洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]
- 漂 piāo: 漂 piao1: to float; to drift漂 piǎo: 漂 piao3: to bleach漂 piào: 漂 piao4: used in 漂亮[piao4 liang5]
- rosin; pine rosin
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 熬 āo: 熬 ao1: to simmer; to boil slowly熬 áo: 熬 ao2: to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
- paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
- harvest
- to glue; glue; gum; rubber
- upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- 膏 gāo: 膏 gao1: ointment; paste; CL:帖[tie3]膏 gào: 膏 gao4: to moisten; to grease; to apply (cream, ointment); to dip a brush in ink
- to cremate; to incinerate
- iron wire; CL:根[gen1]; subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]); railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])
- 扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")扎 zhá: 扎 zha2: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]扎 zā: 扎 za1: to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; Taiwan pr. [zha2]
- 钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)
- crooked; not upright; diverging from straight line; improper; dishonest
- to be between two parties (as in mediation); to be in the middle; to be in between; (page layout) to be centered
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- then; after that; afterwards
- bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) to doubt; to suspect
- to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)
- to suit one's taste; suitable; congenial; by mutual agreement
- to toss and turn
- strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
- how; what way; what
- to insert; to stick in; to plug in
- to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
- to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- to take possession of; to get hold of
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- to be bound to; undoubtedly will
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- a saw (CL:把[ba3]); to saw