Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- in former times
- to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
- recently; until now; up to the present; lately; also written 爾來|尔来
- lit. cloud and rain; fig. sexual intercourse
- separated; stare
- cold and dismal
- 占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine
- former years; previous years
- poor and lowly
- to lead by the hand; to guide; to support
- (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
- to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
- (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days
- miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
- 凄 qī: 凄 qi1: intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful; also written 淒|凄[qi1]凄 qī: 凄 qi1: sad; mournful凄 qī: 凄 qi1: intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful
- constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
- 黎 Lí: 黎 Li2: Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]黎 lí: 黎 li2: (literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- (idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
- rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post; meteoric career
- to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- perhaps; maybe
- to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination
- old verse; Classical Chinese poem
- bright; white
- luminous
- to lift up; to hold high
- quill
- trace; vestige; historical remains; remnant
- winnow basket
- 牵牛 Qiān níu: 牵牛 Qian1 niu2: Altair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女牵牛 qiān níu: 牵牛 qian1 niu2: morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
- to live up to
- yoke
- false reputation
- to quote; to cite; to recommend (a friend, an associate etc)
- extremely
- model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- circumstance
- to make one's mark; to go up in the world; to make one's fortune