Vocabulary: 前言 三
from 白居易诗选
- 及x1 | Chapter Rank #165and; to reach; up to; in time for
- 杂x1 | Chapter Rank #166mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
- 数十x1 | Chapter Rank #167
- 诗x12 | Chapter Rank #4poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verseabbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
- 是x7 | Chapter Rank #14to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 后x1 | Chapter Rank #168surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 各x1 | Chapter Rank #169each; every
- 佐x1 | Chapter Rank #170to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany
- 江x2 | Chapter Rank #62river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])
- 通x1 | Chapter Rank #171classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- 复x1 | Chapter Rank #172to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry outto repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicateto reply to a letter
- 酬x1 | Chapter Rank #173to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer
- 寄x1 | Chapter Rank #174to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- 巴x1 | Chapter Rank #175to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tailBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- 蜀x1 | Chapter Rank #176short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
- 楚x1 | Chapter Rank #177surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- 间x4 | Chapter Rank #28between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for roomsgap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- 洎x1 | Chapter Rank #178to reach; when
- 长安x1 | Chapter Rank #179Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE; see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]
- 中x7 | Chapter Rank #15(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 少年x1 | Chapter Rank #180early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- 递x1 | Chapter Rank #181to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
- 仿效x1 | Chapter Rank #182to copy; to imitate
- 竞x2 | Chapter Rank #63to compete; to contend; to struggle
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #183(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
- 新x1 | Chapter Rank #184new; newly; meso- (chemistry)abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- 辞x2 | Chapter Rank #64to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 自x5 | Chapter Rank #25(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 谓x1 | Chapter Rank #185surname Weito speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- 为x4 | Chapter Rank #29because 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)
- 和x4 | Chapter Rank #30surname 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
- 而x6 | Chapter Rank #19and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 秦x1 | Chapter Rank #186surname 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 #187to 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)
- 贺x1 | Chapter Rank #188to congratulatesurname He
- 雨x1 | Chapter Rank #189rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2](literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
- 讽x3 | Chapter Rank #43to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [feng4]
- 谕x2 | Chapter Rank #65order (from above)
- 闲适x2 | Chapter Rank #66leisurely and comfortable; relaxed
- 等x2 | Chapter Rank #67to 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)
- 篇x2 | Chapter Rank #68sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- 时x1 | Chapter Rank #190surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 人x8 | Chapter Rank #9person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 罕x1 | Chapter Rank #191rare
- 能x4 | Chapter Rank #31can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 知x1 | Chapter Rank #192to know; to be aware
- 者x7 | Chapter Rank #16(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
- 然而x1 | Chapter Rank #193however; but; yet
- 二十x1 | Chapter Rank #194twenty; 20
- 年x8 | Chapter Rank #10year; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Niangrain; harvest (old)