Vocabulary: 浮生忆语集
- dawn; rising sun
- level; even; smooth; flat
- to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc); to develop and embellish; to interpret (often in a strained manner)
- 束 Shù: 束 Shu4: surname Shu束 shù: 束 shu4: to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control
- name of a river
- fifth
- rock garden; rockery
- 孔 kǒng: 孔 kong3: hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings孔 Kǒng: 孔 Kong3: surname Kong
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjecture
- natural charm (of writings, works of art etc)
- 康 kāng: 康 kang1: healthy; peaceful; abundant康 Kāng: 康 Kang1: surname Kang
- exquisite; elegant; fine
- to wash silk
- respectful
- (of a project) to be completed
- 牧 mù: 牧 mu4: to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old); government official (old)牧 Mù: 牧 Mu4: surname Mu
- mist; haze; cloudy sky
- gentlemen (form of address)
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- 圩 xū: 圩 xu1: (dialect) country fair; country market圩 wéi: 圩 wei2: dike
- temporary imperial residence
- the second time; second; number two
- to revere; to admire
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
- scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat)
- thick liquid; to starch
- to speed along
- to discharge water; to appear out of the water; to break the surface
- bridle
- in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash; to turn one's eyes
- to rise into the air; to become airborne
- unripe
- flourishing; bustling
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose