| 聊斋志异 |
Liáo zhāi Zhì yì |
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 |
| 聊 |
liáo |
(coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily; for a while / (literary) somewhat; slightly / (literary) to depend upon |
| 斋 |
zhāi |
old variant of 斋 |
| 斋 |
zhāi |
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) |
| 志 |
zhì |
aspiration / ambition / the will |
| 志 |
zhì |
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote |
| 异 |
yì |
different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate |