Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- to touch up (a piece of writing); to add details (to a painting)
- indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- to recall; to recollect; to think back
- 慨 kǎi: 慨 kai3: to sigh (with emotion)慨 kǎi: 慨 kai3: indignant; generous; to sigh (with emotion)
- to place great importance on; to treasure
- friendship; friendly relations
- literary circles
- story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide
- etiquette; ceremonial rites
- to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
- one's pair of eyes
- muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
- sunset; the setting sun
- wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- ridicule; to blame
- aged
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- wealth and official post
- regime; political power
- bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- (of a person, population or material) to age; (of knowledge) to become outdated
- dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- shameful performance; disgraceful situation
- to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused
- that kind; that sort
- glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
- (idiom) doddering; senile
- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- vivid; lifelike
- overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious