Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to secrete; secretion
- musk
- 涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)
- Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[Li3 Kuo4], reigned 779-805
- again; once more; re-
- Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an; also known as the Taiyi Mountains
- wave; (water) ripple
- to circle; to wheel; to go around
- to blow air (into)
- 庄子 Zhuāng zǐ: 庄子 Zhuang1 zi3: Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author庄子 zhuāng zi: 庄子 zhuang1 zi5: (coll.) village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]
- great scholar respected for learning and integrity
- spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty
- name of a river
- name of a river in Shaanxi province; see 滻河|浐河[Chan3 He2]
- Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
- abundant water; high water level
- 镐 gǎo: 镐 gao3: a pick镐 hào: 镐 hao4: bright; place name; stove
- to bubble up
- to move about; to go from place to place; roving; mobile
- aromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei; (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)
- birds
- 水族 Shǔi zú: 水族 Shui3 zu2: Shui ethnic group水族 shǔi zú: 水族 shui3 zu2: collective term for aquatic animals
- to catch fish; to fish
- to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- pool; pond
- vegetables
- vernacular name; lay name (of a priest)
- Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot
- fruit (produced by a plant); (fig.) fruits (of success etc); results; gains
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- reed; rush; Phragmites communis
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
- to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
- see 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
- Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
- condition; state; situation
- definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)