Vocabulary: 前言 三
from 白居易诗选
- 习x1 | Chapter Rank #231surname Xi(bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
- 歌咏x1 | Chapter Rank #232to sing
- 召x1 | Chapter Rank #233to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- 问x1 | Chapter Rank #234to ask; to inquire
- 对x1 | Chapter Rank #235right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 曰x2 | Chapter Rank #77to speak; to say
- 先生x9 | Chapter Rank #6teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 教x1 | Chapter Rank #236surname Jiaoto teach; to instruct(bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- 我x1 | Chapter Rank #237I; me; my
- 微x2 | Chapter Rank #78surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- 固x1 | Chapter Rank #238hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- 亦x2 | Chapter Rank #79also
- 不知x1 | Chapter Rank #239not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #33surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 又x2 | Chapter Rank #80(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 鸡x2 | Chapter Rank #81fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- 林x2 | Chapter Rank #82(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi
- 贾x1 | Chapter Rank #240merchant; to buysurname Jia
- 颇x2 | Chapter Rank #83surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
- 切x3 | Chapter Rank #48definitely; 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
- 本国x1 | Chapter Rank #241one's own country
- 宰相x2 | Chapter Rank #84prime minister (in feudal China)
- 每x1 | Chapter Rank #242each; every
- 一x4 | Chapter Rank #34one; 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
- 金x2 | Chapter Rank #85surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 换x1 | Chapter Rank #243to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 一篇x1 | Chapter Rank #244
- 伪x2 | Chapter Rank #86false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]
- 辄x2 | Chapter Rank #87then; at once; always; (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot
- 辨别x1 | Chapter Rank #245to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
- 篇章x1 | Chapter Rank #246chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
- 已x1 | Chapter Rank #247already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 来x2 | Chapter Rank #88to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 未有x1 | Chapter Rank #248is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
- 如是x1 | Chapter Rank #249thus
- 广x1 | Chapter Rank #250"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etcsurname Guangwide; numerous; to spread
- 大凡x1 | Chapter Rank #251generally; in general
- 文x1 | Chapter Rank #252surname Wenlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 各有所长x1 | Chapter Rank #253
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #254chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhancelong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- 可以x2 | Chapter Rank #89can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 矣x1 | Chapter Rank #255classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 夫x1 | Chapter Rank #256husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)(classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- 长于x9 | Chapter Rank #7to be adept in; to excel at
- 激x1 | Chapter Rank #257to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
- 之时x1 | Chapter Rank #258
- 遣x1 | Chapter Rank #259(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- 感伤x1 | Chapter Rank #260sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy
- 五x2 | Chapter Rank #90five; 5
- 字x4 | Chapter Rank #35letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China