Vocabulary: 母别子——刺新间旧也
from 白居易诗选
- 始x1 | Chapter Rank #72to begin; to start; then; only then
- 扶x1 | Chapter Rank #73to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- 行x2 | Chapter Rank #22used in 道行[dao4 heng2](bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines
- 初x1 | Chapter Rank #74(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 坐x2 | Chapter Rank #23to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruitsurname Zuo
- 啼x1 | Chapter Rank #75(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
- 哭x1 | Chapter Rank #76to cry; to weep
- 牵x1 | Chapter Rank #77to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- 衣x1 | Chapter Rank #78to dress; to wear; to put on (clothes)clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145
- 以x1 | Chapter Rank #79abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 汝x2 | Chapter Rank #24thou
- 夫妇x1 | Chapter Rank #80a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- 燕x1 | Chapter Rank #81swallow (family Hirundinidae)Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan
- 婉x1 | Chapter Rank #82graceful; tactful
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #83to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 我x2 | Chapter Rank #25I; me; my
- 母子x2 | Chapter Rank #26mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest
- 生x1 | Chapter Rank #84to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 别离x2 | Chapter Rank #27to take leave of; to leave; separation
- 不如x1 | Chapter Rank #85not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 林中x2 | Chapter Rank #28
- 乌x1 | Chapter Rank #86crow; blackused in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4 la5]; used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4 la5 cao3]abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wu
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #87to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 鹊x1 | Chapter Rank #88magpie
- 不失x1 | Chapter Rank #89still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
- 雏x1 | Chapter Rank #90(bound form) chick; young bird
- 雄x2 | Chapter Rank #29male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- 伴x1 | Chapter Rank #91partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
- 雌x2 | Chapter Rank #30female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]
- 应x1 | Chapter Rank #92surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shallto answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- 似x1 | Chapter Rank #93to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) thanused in 似的[shi4 de5]
- 园中x1 | Chapter Rank #94
- 桃李x1 | Chapter Rank #95(literary) one's students
- 树x1 | Chapter Rank #96tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 花落x1 | Chapter Rank #97
- 随风x1 | Chapter Rank #98wind-borne; tossed about by the wind
- 枝x1 | Chapter Rank #99branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- 听x1 | Chapter Rank #100smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 语x1 | Chapter Rank #101(literary) to tell; to let (sb) knowdialect; language; speech
- 无限x2 | Chapter Rank #31unlimited; unbounded
- 红楼x1 | Chapter Rank #102
- 女x1 | Chapter Rank #103female; woman; daughter
- 但愿x1 | Chapter Rank #104if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- 将军x1 | Chapter Rank #105(common place name)general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot
- 重x1 | Chapter Rank #106to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 立功x1 | Chapter Rank #107to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #108more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 有x1 | Chapter Rank #109to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 胜x1 | Chapter Rank #110victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)
- 于x1 | Chapter Rank #111to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particlesurname Yu(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