Vocabulary: 读史五首（选二）
from 白居易诗选
- 乱世x1 | Chapter Rank #123the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- 何x1 | Chapter Rank #124surname Hewhat; how; why; which; carry
- 足x1 | Chapter Rank #125(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fullyexcessive
- 钦x1 | Chapter Rank #126surname Qinto respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself
- 乃x2 | Chapter Rank #55to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- 知x2 | Chapter Rank #56to know; to be aware
- 汨罗x3 | Chapter Rank #29see 汨羅市|汨罗市[Mi4 luo2 Shi4]; see 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 Jiang1]
- 恨x4 | Chapter Rank #17to hate; to regret
- 未抵x2 | Chapter Rank #57
- 长沙x5 | Chapter Rank #13see 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4]; see 長沙縣|长沙县[Chang2 sha1 Xian4]
- 深x2 | Chapter Rank #58(lit. and fig.) deep
- 解读x2 | Chapter Rank #59to decipher; to decode; to interpret
- 原x1 | Chapter Rank #127former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; sourcesurname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara
- 题x1 | Chapter Rank #128surname Titopic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
- 共x1 | Chapter Rank #129common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 第一首x1 | Chapter Rank #130
- 本x3 | Chapter Rank #30(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 诗x5 | Chapter Rank #14abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songspoem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- 咏史x1 | Chapter Rank #131
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #132to 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(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 史记x3 | Chapter Rank #31Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- 屈原x8 | Chapter Rank #2Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
- 列传x3 | Chapter Rank #32historical biography
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #133to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 与x4 | Chapter Rank #18(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 bestowto take part in
- 贾谊x4 | Chapter Rank #19Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
- 进行x1 | Chapter Rank #134(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
- 了x2 | Chapter Rank #60to 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(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 对照x1 | Chapter Rank #135to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- 先x1 | Chapter Rank #136beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 写x5 | Chapter Rank #15used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 继x1 | Chapter Rank #137to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 诗人x6 | Chapter Rank #7bard; poet
- 意识x1 | Chapter Rank #138consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- 到x1 | Chapter Rank #139to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #140to live; life; livelihood
- 中x3 | Chapter Rank #33to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- 没有x1 | Chapter Rank #141haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 平坦x1 | Chapter Rank #142level; even; smooth; flat
- 的x13 | Chapter Rank #1(bound form) bull's-eye; targetreally and trulyof; ~'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 songsa taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])
- 大道x1 | Chapter Rank #143main street; avenue
- 然而x1 | Chapter Rank #144however; but; yet
- 对于x1 | Chapter Rank #145regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- 想x1 | Chapter Rank #146to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 建功立业x1 | Chapter Rank #147to achieve or accomplish goals
- 士人x1 | Chapter Rank #148scholar
- 来说x1 | Chapter Rank #149
- 能x1 | Chapter Rank #150surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 遇到x1 | Chapter Rank #151to meet; to run into; to come across
- 时而x1 | Chapter Rank #152occasionally; from time to time