Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- rotten
- endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- home; residence; house
- (idiom) high officials and noble lords; the powerful and influential
- to carry out large scale construction
- to build (housing); to construct; to make
- private residence
- luster of gem
- extravagant
- wall
- (a) law
- destroy; overthrow
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- 帅 Shuài: 帅 Shuai4: surname Shuai帅 shuài: 帅 shuai4: (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- extravagant
- grand; heroic
- pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect
- building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]
- goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- very little; hardly any
- to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- dignitary; distinguished person; royalty; nobleman; big shot
- cannot help; unable to bear
- to question; to ask; to raise a question
- practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism); to rebuke sternly
- house; residence
- admittedly (it's true that...)
- firm; firmly; hard; stable
- sometimes
- (of property) to change owners; (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands
- (idiom) to be wealthy and heartless
- to empathize with; to show solicitude for; (loanword) T-shirt
- high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- 燮 Xiè: 燮 Xie4: surname Xie燮 xiè: 燮 xie4: to blend; to adjust; to harmonize; harmony
- troubled; vexed
- ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit
- small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women