Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- scholar; Confucian
- to approach; to get close to
- the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
- undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- in view of this; to this end
- to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- realism
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- heavy responsibility
- Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治[Li3 Zhi4] (628-683), reigned 649-683
- senior palace maiden; unmarried woman
- 京都 Jīng dū: 京都 Jing1 du1: Kyoto (city in Japan)京都 jīng dū: 京都 jing1 du1: capital (of a country)
- to wear (a garment)
- personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] (685-762), reigned 712-756
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously
- to send away to serve a penal sentence
- colloquial speech; spoken language; vernacular language; slander; gossip; CL:門|门[men2]
- see 集賢縣|集贤县[Ji2 xian2 Xian4]
- college; academy; educational institution
- beauty; glamor; voluptuousness
- painting of birds and flowers
- Tang County or Tangxian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
- to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)
- territory
- 孙子 sūn zi: 孙子 sun1 zi5: grandson; son's son孙子 Sūn zǐ: 孙子 Sun1 zi3: Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- other people; others; other person
- one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
- to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位[wei4],名[ming2])
- to sing (for an audience); vocal performance
- to urge; to prompt; to spur on; to order sb about
- auxiliary word
- Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] in southwestern China
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- wooded mountain; mountain forest
- poison gas; toxic gas; manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism)
- smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
- to be on foot
- to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
- ethnic minority
- contemptuous term