Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- after that; then
- cataract of the eye; error
- the dead; the deceased
- landlord
- to live together; to cohabit
- next-door neighbor; neighboring household
- to keep at a distance; to forsake
- 冀 Jì: 冀 Ji4: short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]; surname Ji冀 jì: 冀 ji4: (literary) to hope for
- free; unrestrained; to inundate
- person from the same village, town, or province
- 谏 Jiàn: 谏 Jian4: surname Jian谏 jiàn: 谏 jian4: to remonstrate; to admonish
- demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal
- to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental
- yin and yang
- incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible
- point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)
- dissident; dissenting; dissent
- voice and features; (sb's) appearance
- dark and quiet; disappear
- broken-hearted
- 涌 chōng: 涌 chong1: (used in place names)涌 yǒng: 涌 yong3: to bubble up; to rush forth
- tearful eyes
- vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
- lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short; broken-hearted (idiom)
- to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of
- hurry; fast; suddenly
- flame
- a glimmer; twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight); flickering light
- to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold
- 栗 lì: 栗 li4: (literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear栗 Lì: 栗 Li4: surname Li栗 lì: 栗 li4: chestnut
- to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
- forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
- 尺 chě: 尺 che3: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]尺 chǐ: 尺 chi3: a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
- 格 gé: 格 ge2: square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit格 gē: 格 ge1: used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]
- excuse me (i.e. let me through, please); reflected glory; to benefit from sb else's prestige
- to look around
- soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
- weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- 盛 Shèng: 盛 Sheng4: surname Sheng盛 chéng: 盛 cheng2: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil盛 shèng: 盛 sheng4: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively