Vocabulary: 秘密花园
- Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in
- villa; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- lakeside
- balcony; patio; flat roof; terrace; deck (unroofed platform); outdoor stage; ancient imperial celestial observation terrace
- to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
- lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly
- true; real
- after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
- 迟 Chí: 迟 Chi2: surname Chi迟 chí: 迟 chi2: late; delayed; slow
- to beat against the shore (of waves)
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters; (used to transliterate foreign names); (used in Chinese women's names)
- 斯 Sī: 斯 Si1: Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]斯 sī: 斯 si1: (phonetic); this
- (Western) concert flute
- to play (wind instruments)
- musical note; tone
- Italy
- foreign country
- accustomed to; used to
- solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
- boat
- tray; salver; pallet
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- cruel; harsh; merciless
- deep; profound
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- handwriting
- woman; the female sex
- to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
- bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of
- to talk; to get into conversation with; to send word
- (of an elderly person) alive and in good health; (of a thing) intact; holding up OK; still going strong
- envelope
- clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage
- journey; trip
- to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive
- (idiom) unprecedented in history