Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle
- to expect; to presume; to think (sth is likely)
- early spring
- 岭 líng: 岭 ling2: used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]岭 lǐng: 岭 ling3: mountain range; mountain ridge
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- 溜 līu: 溜 liu1: to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate溜 lìu: 溜 liu4: swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy; (bound form) rain runoff from a roof; (bound form) roof gutter; classifier for rows, lines etc; surroundings; neighborhood; (dialect) to practice; (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
- easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
- to hibernate
- (bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
- to crack; to split; to break; to chap
- to flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over; (literary) to run counter to
- (bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals
- to click one's tongue
- to set off one another
- to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
- 荠 jì: 荠 ji4: see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 cai4]荠 qí: 荠 qi2: used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
- to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse
- to flow
- (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud; (also used figuratively)
- nature (the natural world)
- (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation; (of a train service etc) to operate; to run; (of a computer) to run
- law; rule; code
- to go on a tour; to have an outing
- attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- (literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- to hibernate; hibernation
- (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
- (interj. of admiration or of disgust); to click one's tongue; to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak
- small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
- yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
- shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
- (botany) (of a plant) biennial
- young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
- fief