Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
- to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
- to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length
- to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train)
- to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- 黑 Hēi: 黑 Hei1: short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]黑 hēi: 黑 hei1: black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
- to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- useful
- lotus
- to keep in the mouth; to contain
- cotton yarn; muslin
- 囊 nāng: 囊 nang1: used in 囊膪[nang1 chuai4] and 囊揣[nang1 chuai4]; used in 鼓鼓囊囊[gu3 gu5 nang1 nang1]囊 náng: 囊 nang2: sack; purse; pocket (for money)
- tea; tea leaves; CL:盒[he2],罐[guan4],包[bao1],片[pian4]
- fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
- tomorrow morning; tomorrow
- spring water; CL:股[gu3]
- 尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against
- life (one's time on earth)
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- to bring disaster on oneself
- affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental
- unruly; uninhibited
- 累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- brave and chivalrous
- anxious to help others resolve difficulties (idiom)
- to reach adulthood; an adult
- (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband
- lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
- another person; sb else; other people
- to live at home; to stay at home; home (schooling etc); in-home (care etc); household (repairs etc); living (environment etc)
- inevitably
- canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- to be in straitened circumstances
- proverb
- human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- to ridicule