Vocabulary: 东坡种花二首（选一）
from 白居易诗选
- 大略x1 | Chapter Rank #158a broad outline; the general idea; roughly
- 相似x1 | Chapter Rank #159similar; alike
- 谪居x1 | Chapter Rank #160(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
- 黄州x1 | Chapter Rank #161see 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 Qu1]
- 始x1 | Chapter Rank #162to begin; to start; then; only then
- 号x2 | Chapter Rank #47(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items(bound form) to wail; to howl
- 起x1 | Chapter Rank #163to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 之x3 | Chapter Rank #22(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #164to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 也x2 | Chapter Rank #48also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]surname Ye
- 苏轼x1 | Chapter Rank #165Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
- 是x1 | Chapter Rank #166to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 宋代x1 | Chapter Rank #167Song dynasty (960-1279)
- 最x1 | Chapter Rank #168(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 伟大x1 | Chapter Rank #169huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 的x4 | Chapter Rank #9really and trulya taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 文人x1 | Chapter Rank #170cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- 他x2 | Chapter Rank #49(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #171to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 可见x1 | Chapter Rank #172it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #173right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 等x1 | Chapter Rank #174to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 喜爱x1 | Chapter Rank #175to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite
- 这x1 | Chapter Rank #176(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)(coll.) this
- 首x1 | Chapter Rank #177head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #50to writeused in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- 自己x2 | Chapter Rank #51oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 种x1 | Chapter Rank #178to plant; to grow; to cultivateseed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts
- 开放x1 | Chapter Rank #179to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- 徘徊x1 | Chapter Rank #180to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- 流连x1 | Chapter Rank #181to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
- 下x1 | Chapter Rank #182down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 进入x1 | Chapter Rank #183to enter; to join; to go into
- 到x1 | Chapter Rank #184to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 了x1 | Chapter Rank #185(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 个x1 | Chapter Rank #186used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5](classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 空明x1 | Chapter Rank #187
- 澄净x1 | Chapter Rank #188
- 境界x1 | Chapter Rank #189boundary; state; realm
- 唐宋x1 | Chapter Rank #190the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
- 醇x1 | Chapter Rank #191alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich; pure; good wine; sterols
- 细x1 | Chapter Rank #192thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- 趣x1 | Chapter Rank #193interesting; to interest
- 静观x1 | Chapter Rank #194
- 物理x1 | Chapter Rank #195physics; physical; relating to the material world
- 及时行乐x1 | Chapter Rank #196to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future; make merry while you can; carpe diem
- 独善x1 | Chapter Rank #197
- 义x1 | Chapter Rank #198surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- 土壤x1 | Chapter Rank #199soil
- 肥沃x1 | Chapter Rank #200fertile