Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)
- to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
- (commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
- 腊 xī: 腊 xi1: dried meat; also pr. [xi2]腊 là: 腊 la4: ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
- solitary; lonely; alone
- to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
- neighbor; neighborhood
- 着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in
- to worry unnecessarily
- luggage; CL:件[jian4]
- 挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- to be born under an ill star
- to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
- to receive medical treatment
- 远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)
- to inform; to notify
- father's father; paternal grandfather
- to spend a summer holiday; to beat the summer heat
- to wait upon (older people); to accompany; attendant
- 昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
- (literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- father's mother; paternal grandmother
- to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- tearful; tearfully
- back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor
- astonishing
- to comfort; to console; to reassure
- hurried; hasty
- to cry; to weep
- weary
- a portable lamp