Vocabulary: 江南遇天宝乐叟
from 白居易诗选
- 瓦x3 | Chapter Rank #35roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- 绿苔x1 | Chapter Rank #200green algae
- 重重x1 | Chapter Rank #201layer upon layer; one after anotherheavily; severely
- 封x1 | Chapter Rank #202to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letterssurname Feng
- 坏x1 | Chapter Rank #203bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 垣x2 | Chapter Rank #86wall
- 唯有x1 | Chapter Rank #204only
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #205(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)to 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
- 宫x1 | Chapter Rank #206surname Gongpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #207to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 每年x1 | Chapter Rank #208every year; each year; yearly
- 寒食x3 | Chapter Rank #36cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节); the Qingming festival
- 一x2 | Chapter Rank #87one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 开门x1 | Chapter Rank #209(lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
- 解读x1 | Chapter Rank #210to decipher; to decode; to interpret
- 开x1 | Chapter Rank #211to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 天x1 | Chapter Rank #212day; sky; heaven
- 盛世x3 | Chapter Rank #37a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age
- 值得x1 | Chapter Rank #213worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- 令x1 | Chapter Rank #214to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poemclassifier for a ream of paperused in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- 追慕x1 | Chapter Rank #215
- 的x17 | Chapter Rank #1a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])really and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; targetof; ~'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
- 自从x1 | Chapter Rank #216since (a time); ever since
- 安史之乱x3 | Chapter Rank #38An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
- 发生x1 | Chapter Rank #217to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 唐x1 | Chapter Rank #218Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tangto exaggerate; empty; in vain
- 帝国x1 | Chapter Rank #219empire; imperial
- 盛极而衰x1 | Chapter Rank #220
- 走x1 | Chapter Rank #221to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 起x1 | Chapter Rank #222to 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
- 了x5 | Chapter Rank #10to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 下坡路x1 | Chapter Rank #223downhill road; (fig.) downhill path
- 乐天x2 | Chapter Rank #88Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic
- 这x1 | Chapter Rank #224(coll.) this(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)
- 首x2 | Chapter Rank #89head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 通过x2 | Chapter Rank #90to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 自己x1 | Chapter Rank #225oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 与x2 | Chapter Rank #91(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 对话x1 | Chapter Rank #226to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- 反映x2 | Chapter Rank #92to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #227to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 时代x1 | Chapter Rank #228age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]Time, US weekly news magazine
- 巨大x1 | Chapter Rank #229huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- 变迁x1 | Chapter Rank #230changes; vicissitudes
- 充满x1 | Chapter Rank #231full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- 感伤x1 | Chapter Rank #232sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy
- 意绪x1 | Chapter Rank #233
- 诗人x2 | Chapter Rank #93bard; poet
- 之x6 | Chapter Rank #6(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 眼x1 | Chapter Rank #234eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc