Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- beset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
- tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face
- a treasure
- to pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth
- blade edge; sharp
- matters; arrangements
- to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
- not to worry; not to show concern
- region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province; see 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4]
- to rely on
- exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion
- 削 xiāo: 削 xiao1: to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)削 xuē: 削 xue1: to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
- already fixed; set; established
- personally; in person; oneself
- accordingly; in view of the above
- to understand clearly; to be sensible or reasonable; understanding
- current politics; political situation of the time
- to understand clearly; evident
- residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations
- main street; avenue
- (bound form) house; (bound form) room
- lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
- 累累 lěi lěi: 累累 lei3 lei3: again and again; innumerable; repeated; riddled with; accumulated累累 léi léi: 累累 lei2 lei2: (literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of; (literary) gaunt; haggard; wretched; Taiwan pr. [lei3 lei3]
- to link; to join; link; connection
- million
- secret inner room; bridal room
- distant
- to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
- 夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
- 砌 qiè: 砌 qie4: used in 砌末[qie4 mo5]砌 qì: 砌 qi4: to build by laying bricks or stones
- fence; railing; hurdle; column or box (of text or other data)
- to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need
- cherry
- kitchen