Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- unripe
- to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well
- 申 Shēn: 申 Shen1: old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen申 shēn: 申 shen1: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
- subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- 桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree
- next year
- 剥 bāo: 剥 bao1: to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck剥 bō: 剥 bo1: to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck
- on the body; at hand; among
- silk
- 粟 sù: 粟 su4: millet; (metonym) grain粟 Sù: 粟 Su4: surname Su
- (bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
- jackal and wolf; ravenous wolf; fig. evil person; vicious tyrant
- compassion; empathetic
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- this year
- yesterday
- 胥 Xū: 胥 Xu1: surname Xu胥 xū: 胥 xu1: all; assist; to store
- 尺 chě: 尺 che3: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]尺 chǐ: 尺 chi3: a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
- 榜 bàng: 榜 bang4: (literary) oar; (metonym) boat; (literary) to whip; to flog; Taiwan pr. [beng4]榜 bǎng: 榜 bang3: notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
- rustic; village; countryside
- 毕 bì: 毕 bi4: the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished毕 Bì: 毕 Bi4: surname Bi
- to let sb off (punishment, taxation etc); to reprieve sb
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- to treat; treatment
- poor people
- to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth
- disastrous situation; calamity
- 逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to compel; to pressure逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on
- victim (of a disaster)
- to denounce; to censure; to rebuke
- A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
- 纪 jì: 纪 ji4: order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle纪 Jǐ: 纪 Ji3: surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]
- to write down; to record; written account
- reputation; declaration
- feasible; realistic; practical; earnestly; conscientiously
- people's livelihood; people's welfare