Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- whetstone
- old Buddhist temple
- monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery
- quiet
- to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
- to penetrate deeply; thorough
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- 白云 bái yún: 白云 bai2 yun2: white cloud白云 Bái yún: 白云 Bai2 yun2: see 白雲區|白云区[Bai2 yun2 Qu1]
- 围 Wéi: 围 Wei2: surname Wei围 wéi: 围 wei2: to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
- precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]
- (bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
- dead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous
- crack; grudge
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- (literary) tall building; dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
- to rest for a bit; to take a breather
- village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
- late Ming; first half of the 17th century
- to live in seclusion
- to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct
- a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street
- plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous
- 茆 mǎo: 茆 mao3: type of water plant; (dialect) loess hills茆 máo: 茆 mao2: thatch
- Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
- (mountain) peak
- (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
- (onom.) clink of jewels; exquisite; detailed and fine; clever; nimble
- bluestone; limestone (colloquial)
- goblet; bottle; wine-jar
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- geomancy