Vocabulary: 前言 一
from 白居易诗选
- 左x4 | Chapter Rank #28surname Zuoleft; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
- 拾遗x2 | Chapter Rank #102to pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors; to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
- 本期x1 | Chapter Rank #270the current period; this term (usually in finance)
- 写作x2 | Chapter Rank #103to write; to compose; writing; written works
- 大量x1 | Chapter Rank #271great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous
- 讽喻x2 | Chapter Rank #104parable; allegory; satire
- 诗x4 | Chapter Rank #29poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verseabbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
- 秦x1 | Chapter Rank #272surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- 吟x1 | Chapter Rank #273to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- 新乐府x1 | Chapter Rank #274
- 大都x1 | Chapter Rank #275for the most part; on the whole; metropolitanfor the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
- 完成x1 | Chapter Rank #276to complete; to accomplish
- 于x3 | Chapter Rank #46surname Yuto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 此时x1 | Chapter Rank #277now; this moment
- 朝廷x3 | Chapter Rank #47court; imperial household; dynasty
- 正道x1 | Chapter Rank #278the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
- 直行x1 | Chapter Rank #279to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right
- 敢于x1 | Chapter Rank #280to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- 皇帝x2 | Chapter Rank #105emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 当面x1 | Chapter Rank #281to sb's face; in sb's presence
- 进行x1 | Chapter Rank #282(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- 争论x1 | Chapter Rank #283to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
- 殿x1 | Chapter Rank #284palace hall
- 论x2 | Chapter Rank #106abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)
- 执x1 | Chapter Rank #285to execute (a plan); to grasp
- 强x1 | Chapter Rank #286to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effortstrong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]stubborn; unyieldingsurname Qiang
- 鲠x1 | Chapter Rank #287to choke on a piece of foodto choke on a piece of food; (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat
- 帝x3 | Chapter Rank #48(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- 未x1 | Chapter Rank #288not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 谕x1 | Chapter Rank #289order (from above)
- 辄x1 | Chapter Rank #290then; at once; always; (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot
- 进x2 | Chapter Rank #107to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- 曰x3 | Chapter Rank #49to speak; to say
- 陛下x2 | Chapter Rank #108Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty
- 误x1 | Chapter Rank #291mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- 矣x1 | Chapter Rank #292classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 变色x1 | Chapter Rank #293to change color; to discolor; to change countenance; to become angry
- 罢x1 | Chapter Rank #294(final particle, same as 吧)to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish
- 谓x1 | Chapter Rank #295to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sensesurname Wei
- 绛x2 | Chapter Rank #109capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)purple-red
- 是x5 | Chapter Rank #25to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #296son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 我x2 | Chapter Rank #110I; me; my
- 拔擢x1 | Chapter Rank #297select the best people for promotion
- 乃x3 | Chapter Rank #50to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- 敢x2 | Chapter Rank #111to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- 尔x1 | Chapter Rank #298thus; so; like that; you; thou
- 叵x1 | Chapter Rank #299not; thereupon
- 堪x1 | Chapter Rank #300(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- 此x1 | Chapter Rank #301this; these