| 灰色 | huī sè | gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous |
| 形容 | xíng róng | to describe; description; appearance; look |
| 词话 | cí huà | form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty |
| 术 | zhú | various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea |
| shù | method; technique | |