Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- hereby; from this
- profound; deep; deep-going
- same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
- to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
- 颈 jǐng: 颈 jing3: neck颈 gěng: 颈 geng3: used in 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3]
- 爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
- kite (small hawk)
- mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- baby swallow
- nest
- to peck
- hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
- the two eyes
- to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate
- egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
- to seize; to snatch; to grab
- 雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: bird of prey
- (bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- the crop of a bird
- to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat
- to soar; to fly; to float; to spread
- to treat (sb) unjustly; anguish caused by an injustice
- 凤凰 fèng huáng: 凤凰 feng4 huang2: phoenix凤凰 Fèng huáng: 凤凰 Feng4 huang2: see 鳳凰縣|凤凰县[Feng4 huang2 Xian4]
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
- 言语 yán yu: 言语 yan2 yu5: to speak; to tell言语 yán yǔ: 言语 yan2 yu3: words; speech; (spoken) language
- reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual
- the world; this world; the world of the living
- situation; circumstances
- to compare; to draw a parallel; to match; analogy; metaphor; comparison
- representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- to supervise; to control
- to punish
- crane
- to be located at
- 清流 Qīng líu: 清流 Qing1 liu2: see 清流縣|清流县[Qing1 liu2 Xian4]清流 qīng líu: 清流 qing1 liu2: clean flowing water; (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences; scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
- imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)