Vocabulary: 前言 一
from 白居易诗选
- 给予x1 | Chapter Rank #604(literary) to give; to accord; to render
- 评价x1 | Chapter Rank #605to evaluate; to assess
- 观x1 | Chapter Rank #606surname Guanto look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlookTaoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
- 直x1 | Chapter Rank #607straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characterssurname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 道x3 | Chapter Rank #75road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 奋x1 | Chapter Rank #608to exert oneself (bound form)
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #609front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 安危x1 | Chapter Rank #610safety and danger; safety
- 立功x1 | Chapter Rank #611to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 虽x1 | Chapter Rank #612although; even though
- 晚x1 | Chapter Rank #613evening; night; late
- 益x1 | Chapter Rank #614surname Yibenefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
- 不衰x1 | Chapter Rank #615unfailing; never weakening; enduring; unstoppable
- 权势x1 | Chapter Rank #616power; influence
- 震x1 | Chapter Rank #617to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 赫x1 | Chapter Rank #618awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)surname He
- 附x1 | Chapter Rank #619to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
- 离x1 | Chapter Rank #620mythical beast (archaic)surname Lito leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
- 进取x1 | Chapter Rank #621to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda
- 计x1 | Chapter Rank #622to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gaugesurname Ji
- 完x1 | Chapter Rank #623to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 节自x1 | Chapter Rank #624
- 呜呼x1 | Chapter Rank #625alas; alack; welladay; wellaway; to die
- 贤x1 | Chapter Rank #626worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- 哉x1 | Chapter Rank #627(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- 三x1 | Chapter Rank #628surname Santhree; 3
- 等x1 | Chapter Rank #629to 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)
- 兴修水利x1 | Chapter Rank #630
- 做x1 | Chapter Rank #631to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 许多x1 | Chapter Rank #632many; a lot of; much
- 有利于x1 | Chapter Rank #633to be advantageous to; to be beneficial for
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #634affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 任内x1 | Chapter Rank #635period in office
- 带领x1 | Chapter Rank #636to guide; to lead
- 修筑x1 | Chapter Rank #637to build
- 钱塘江x1 | Chapter Rank #638Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮|钱塘潮[Qian2 tang2 chao2]
- 可以x1 | Chapter Rank #639can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 灌溉x1 | Chapter Rank #640to irrigate
- 农田x1 | Chapter Rank #641farmland; cultivated land
- 洛阳x1 | Chapter Rank #642see 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 Shi4]
- 施舍x1 | Chapter Rank #643to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
- 家财x1 | Chapter Rank #644
- 开凿x1 | Chapter Rank #645to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
- 龙门x1 | Chapter Rank #646see 龍門縣|龙门县[Long2 men2 Xian4]; see 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1]; see 龍門山|龙门山[Long2 men2 Shan1]; Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
- 八节x2 | Chapter Rank #173
- 滩x2 | Chapter Rank #174beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
- 以利x1 | Chapter Rank #647
- 舟楫x1 | Chapter Rank #648
- 通行x1 | Chapter Rank #649to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
- 中年x1 | Chapter Rank #650middle age