Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to ride (a horse); to go on horseback
- large earthenware wine jar
- to brew
- water and land; by water and land (transport); amphibian; delicacies from land and sea
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
- 天池 Tiān chí: 天池 Tian1 chi2: Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang天池 tiān chí: 天池 tian1 chi2: "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain; used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2]
- calm; composed; at ease
- intoxicated
- see 衢州市[Qu2 zhou1 Shi4]
- to summon; to muster; to assemble
- to control; to dominate; to monopolize
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing)
- enormous; great; (math.) maximum
- to harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage
- to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
- turbid flow; muddy waters; fig. a contemptible person; fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
- evil forces; criminal elements
- heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
- to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
- sentence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- generally speaking
- to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- mild; gentle; to ease up; to relax
- gentle; carefree; indecisive; weak
- frank; straightforward; blunt
- the common people; the great unwashed
- in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
- first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
- Confucianism
- lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
- Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
- red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
- chief judicial officer in imperial China
- 上头 shàng tóu: 上头 shang4 tou2: (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one's head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention; (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait)上头 shàng tou: 上头 shang4 tou5: the top; the upper part; (its) surface; the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups
- wen xiang, Henan province
- prison
- prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row
- prisoner