| 浮生六记 |
Fú Shēng Liù Jì |
Six Records of a Floating Life, autobiographical novel and description of Qing dynasty life by 沈复, published 1808 |
| 浮 |
fú |
to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 六 |
liù |
six / 6 |
| 六 |
lù |
used in place names |
| 记 |
jì |
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots |