Vocabulary: 放言五首（选二）
from 白居易诗选
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #224to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #225only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 时间x1 | Chapter Rank #226(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 才能x1 | Chapter Rank #227talent; ability; capacity
- 考验x1 | Chapter Rank #228to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
- 唐诗x1 | Chapter Rank #229Tang poetry; a Tang poem
- 快x1 | Chapter Rank #230rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 曰x3 | Chapter Rank #47to speak; to say
- 真正x1 | Chapter Rank #231genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- 千古x1 | Chapter Rank #232for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
- 名言x1 | Chapter Rank #233saying; famous remark
- 佛x1 | Chapter Rank #234Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])used in 仿佛[fang3 fu2]used in 彷彿|仿佛[fang3 fu2](female) head ornament
- 真经x1 | Chapter Rank #235sutra; Taoist treatise
- 不过x1 | Chapter Rank #236only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 如是x1 | Chapter Rank #237thus
- 叙说x1 | Chapter Rank #238
- 这样x1 | Chapter Rank #239this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 道理x1 | Chapter Rank #240reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 先x1 | Chapter Rank #241beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #242but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 直接x1 | Chapter Rank #243direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 说出x2 | Chapter Rank #83to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- 那些x1 | Chapter Rank #244those
- 俗x1 | Chapter Rank #245custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 常用x1 | Chapter Rank #246in common usage
- 方法x2 | Chapter Rank #84method; way; technique; procedure
- 看来x1 | Chapter Rank #247apparently; it seems that
- 并x1 | Chapter Rank #248and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 可靠x1 | Chapter Rank #249reliable
- 继而x1 | Chapter Rank #250then; afterwards
- 用x2 | Chapter Rank #85to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 从x2 | Chapter Rank #86surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 正面x1 | Chapter Rank #251front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- 自己的x1 | Chapter Rank #252
- 见解x1 | Chapter Rank #253opinion; view; understanding
- 又x1 | Chapter Rank #254(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #255two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 典故x1 | Chapter Rank #256classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
- 反面x1 | Chapter Rank #257reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad
- 进行x2 | Chapter Rank #87(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
- 补充x1 | Chapter Rank #258to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 行文x1 | Chapter Rank #259writing style (formal); to send an official written communication
- 曲折x1 | Chapter Rank #260winding; (fig.) complicated
- 深刻x1 | Chapter Rank #261profound; deep; deep-going
- 畅所欲言x1 | Chapter Rank #262lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content
- 战国x1 | Chapter Rank #263the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- 仓x1 | Chapter Rank #264barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
- 鲁x2 | Chapter Rank #88surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1](bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- 平x2 | Chapter Rank #89flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]surname Ping
- 嬖x1 | Chapter Rank #265(treat as a) favorite