Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- natural
- loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
- 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
- majestic pomp; grand ceremony
- octagon
- a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
- see 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2 tang2 Jiang1]; see 錢塘區|钱塘区[Qian2 tang2 Qu1]
- to revisit the past; to commemorate
- to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- to seek by inquiry or search; to call on; to visit
- 堙 yīn: 堙 yin1: bury; mound; to dam; close堙 yīn: 堙 yin1: to block
- countless; innumerable
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- very small; very few; very minor
- Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502)
- spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness
- to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 缉 jī: 缉 ji1: to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qi4]缉 qī: 缉 qi1: to stitch finely
- to sign up for an examination; to apply for admission (to a university etc); to apply (for a position)
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- to celebrate
- The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
- railing; balustrade; door-screen; exhausted; late
- the rising sun
- white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教
- see 紫云苗族布依族自治縣|紫云苗族布依族自治县[Zi3 yun2 Miao2 zu2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- sunlight
- low stool
- to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany
- (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
- root of lotus
- dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will