Vocabulary: 上阳白发人
from 白居易诗选
- 诗三百x1 | Chapter Rank #233
- 之x7 | Chapter Rank #9(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 义x1 | Chapter Rank #234surname 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
- 辞x1 | Chapter Rank #235to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 质x1 | Chapter Rank #236character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 而x6 | Chapter Rank #12and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 径x1 | Chapter Rank #237footpath; track; diameter; straight; directly
- 欲x2 | Chapter Rank #90desire; appetite; passion; lust; greedto wish for; to desire
- 者x4 | Chapter Rank #27(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 易x1 | Chapter Rank #238surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- 谕x1 | Chapter Rank #239order (from above)
- 言x1 | Chapter Rank #240words; speech; to say; to talk
- 直x1 | Chapter Rank #241surname 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 Godstraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- 切x1 | Chapter Rank #242definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- 诫x1 | Chapter Rank #243commandment; to prohibit
- 事x4 | Chapter Rank #28matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 核x1 | Chapter Rank #244pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verifyto investigate
- 实x1 | Chapter Rank #245real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- 采x1 | Chapter Rank #246to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gatherused in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]color; complexion; looks
- 传信x1 | Chapter Rank #247
- 体x1 | Chapter Rank #248used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- 顺x1 | Chapter Rank #249to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 肆x1 | Chapter Rank #250four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop
- 可以x1 | Chapter Rank #251can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 播x1 | Chapter Rank #252(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]
- 乐章x1 | Chapter Rank #253movement (of a symphony)
- 歌曲x1 | Chapter Rank #254song
- 总而言之x1 | Chapter Rank #255in short; in a word; in brief
- 为x6 | Chapter Rank #13because of; for; toas (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 君x1 | Chapter Rank #256monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 臣x1 | Chapter Rank #257surname Chenstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131
- 为民x1 | Chapter Rank #258
- 物x1 | Chapter Rank #259(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 乐府x7 | Chapter Rank #10yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
- 秦代x1 | Chapter Rank #260Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
- 就x1 | Chapter Rank #261(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 有x3 | Chapter Rank #40to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 汉武帝x1 | Chapter Rank #262Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- 扩大x1 | Chapter Rank #263to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
- 了x8 | Chapter Rank #6(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
- 管理x1 | Chapter Rank #264to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 音乐x1 | Chapter Rank #265music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- 的x19 | Chapter Rank #1(bound form) bull's-eye; targeta 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 songsreally and truly
- 机构x1 | Chapter Rank #266mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution; CL:所[suo3]
- 职能x1 | Chapter Rank #267function; role
- 开始x1 | Chapter Rank #268to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 搜集x2 | Chapter Rank #91to gather; to collect
- 和x1 | Chapter Rank #269surname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 整理x1 | Chapter Rank #270to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)
- 民歌x1 | Chapter Rank #271folk song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]