Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- somewhere
- feng shui; geomancy
- whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- prophecy; prophetic remark
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- 官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan
- dignified; composed
- desirable; worth having; (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
- greasy; soft; unctuous; intimate; tired of
- facial expression of good fortune; joyous and contented look
- rocky
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- see 玉環市|玉环市[Yu4 huan2 Shi4]
- see 福安市[Fu2 an1 Shi4]
- fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
- appearance; facial features; look
- Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- shortsighted; nearsighted; myopia
- fisherman; to fish
- ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
- a city wall
- artificial; manpower; manual work
- to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
- Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
- the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
- bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
- to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
- to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
- along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- gardens; park; landscape garden
- stupid
- outstanding; peerless; beyond compare
- to meet the eye; eye-catching; conspicuous
- far-sighted; astute
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
- rainbow
- head; be headed by
- Hongqiao, the name of numerous entities, notably a major airport in Shanghai, and a district in Tianjin