Vocabulary: 读史五首（选二）
from 白居易诗选
- 一部分x4 | Chapter Rank #26portion; part of; subset
- 后x2 | Chapter Rank #85empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 会x1 | Chapter Rank #218can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 突然x1 | Chapter Rank #219sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 降临x1 | Chapter Rank #220to descend; to arrive; to come
- 举x1 | Chapter Rank #221to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- 司马迁x2 | Chapter Rank #86Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
- 不幸x1 | Chapter Rank #222misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 例x1 | Chapter Rank #223example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- 不如x1 | Chapter Rank #224not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 超然物外x1 | Chapter Rank #225
- 隐居x1 | Chapter Rank #226to live in seclusion
- 出x1 | Chapter Rank #227to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 仕x1 | Chapter Rank #228to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
- 隐x2 | Chapter Rank #87to lean upon(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
- 中国x1 | Chapter Rank #229China
- 古代x1 | Chapter Rank #230ancient times
- 知识分子x1 | Chapter Rank #231intellectual; intelligentsia
- 灵魂深处x1 | Chapter Rank #232in the depth of one's soul
- 个x1 | Chapter Rank #233(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 情结x1 | Chapter Rank #234complex (psychology)
- 其实x1 | Chapter Rank #235actually; in fact; really
- 折射出x1 | Chapter Rank #236
- 现实斗争x1 | Chapter Rank #237
- 厌倦x1 | Chapter Rank #238to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
- 约x2 | Chapter Rank #88to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); conciseto weigh in a balance or on a scale
- 名x1 | Chapter Rank #239name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 平x1 | Chapter Rank #240surname Pingflat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- 战国时代x1 | Chapter Rank #241the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
- 楚国x1 | Chapter Rank #242the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- 伟大x2 | Chapter Rank #89huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 爱国主义x1 | Chapter Rank #243patriotism
- 事x2 | Chapter Rank #90matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 见x2 | Chapter Rank #91to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; viewto appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 西汉x1 | Chapter Rank #244Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
- 政治家x1 | Chapter Rank #245statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 思想家x1 | Chapter Rank #246thinker
- 文学家x1 | Chapter Rank #247writer; man of letters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 设置x1 | Chapter Rank #248to set up; to install
- 刑法x1 | Chapter Rank #249criminal law
- 而x1 | Chapter Rank #250and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 不用x1 | Chapter Rank #251need not
- 指x4 | Chapter Rank #27finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 自x1 | Chapter Rank #252(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 投x1 | Chapter Rank #253to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- 汨罗江x1 | Chapter Rank #254Miluo River in Hunan province, tributary of the Xiang River 湘江[Xiang1 Jiang1], flows into Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]
- 自杀x1 | Chapter Rank #255to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
- 遭x1 | Chapter Rank #256to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- 谗x1 | Chapter Rank #257to slander; to defame; to misrepresent; to speak maliciously
- 被贬x1 | Chapter Rank #258