Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- dynasty
- to foresee; to anticipate
- to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream
- (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
- muddleheaded
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant
- financial resources
- purple; violet
- brickwork of well
- 温泉 wēn quán: 温泉 wen1 quan2: hot spring温泉 Wēn quán: 温泉 Wen1 quan2: see 溫泉縣|温泉县[Wen1 quan2 Xian4]
- to overflow; (literary) excessive
- rising in spirals
- song of cicadas; chirping of insects
- years; time
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- (dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such ...
- (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- full (as of eating)
- sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- (bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC); CL:個|个[ge4]
- first of all; in the first place
- to eulogize; to praise
- hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
- to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
- to muster large forces; to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
- ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Western Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (400-421)
- border region; regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)
- mask
- ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times; foreigner; barbarian
- 假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- 狮子 shī zi: 狮子 shi1 zi5: lion; CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2]狮子 Shī zǐ: 狮子 Shi1 zi3: Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
- quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
- eye; CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]
- 帖 tiè: 帖 tie4: rubbing from incised inscription帖 tiē: 帖 tie1: fitting snugly; appropriate; suitable; to paste; to obey帖 tiě: 帖 tie3: invitation card; notice