Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- all sides
- cliff; steep; precipice
- vernacular name; lay name (of a priest)
- to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
- depth (of waterway); sounding
- unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap
- scales (of fish, snakes etc)
- to hide; to cover up; to conceal
- to speak evil; gobbling sound made by ducks
- lofty; upright
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- pillar
- to increase (e.g. one's effort)
- to set off firecrackers
- loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble
- see 萬山區|万山区[Wan4 shan1 Qu1]
- 霹雳 Pī lì: 霹雳 Pi1 li4: Perak (state of Malaysia)霹雳 pī lì: 霹雳 pi1 li4: thunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying
- Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
- mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- cannot; to fail to; unable to
- so far; to this day; until now
- regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
- structure; composition; makeup; architecture; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
- to give; to impose; to apply
- see 龍井市|龙井市[Long2 jing3 Shi4]; see 龍井區|龙井区[Long2 jing3 Qu1]; Longjing tea (abbr. for 龍井茶|龙井茶[long2 jing3 cha2])
- to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)
- the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
- Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 玉泉 yù quán: 玉泉 yu4 quan2: nephrite (used in TCM)玉泉 Yù quán: 玉泉 Yu4 quan2: see 玉泉區|玉泉区[Yu4 quan2 Qu1]
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- approximately; probably
- 葛 Gě: 葛 Ge3: surname Ge葛 gé: 葛 ge2: kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
- 岭 líng: 岭 ling2: used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]岭 lǐng: 岭 ling3: mountain range; mountain ridge
- cornelian (mineral); agate
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- ideal place; suitable location; merit; advantage
- feminine quality; effeminate
- secluded; quiet and remote; obscure and faraway