Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
- lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
- 埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury
- other people's business
- now; at the present (time)
- functionary; official
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- (bound form) government office
- current trends; the present situation; how things are going
- an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing
- (historical) imperial examination essay; eight-legged essay 八股文[ba1 gu3 wen2]; current-affairs article; topical commentary (esp. as reading material in educational contexts)
- signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- to drink as the result of having lost a bet
- vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous
- distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose
- implicit; restrained; to be imbued with
- 澄 Chéng: 澄 Cheng2: surname Cheng澄 chéng: 澄 cheng2: clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify澄 dèng: 澄 deng4: (of liquid) to settle; to become clear
- each person; everybody; per person
- (water-beetle); money
- security measures (esp. border security); official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- second; number two; next; secondary
- to copy out
- to take a seat
- seal; signet; chop; stamp; CL:方[fang1]
- a line of verse; a sentence
- quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- to discuss in whispered tones; whispered conversation
- to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
- box
- each one; everyone
- to hand in one's examination script
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu
- sixteen; 16