Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- many; a lot of; much
- to be advantageous to; to be beneficial for
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- period in office
- to guide; to lead
- to build
- Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮|钱塘潮[Qian2 tang2 chao2]
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to irrigate
- farmland; cultivated land
- see 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4 yang2 Shi4]
- to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
- to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
- see 龍門縣|龙门县[Long2 men2 Xian4]; see 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1]; see 龍門山|龙门山[Long2 men2 Shan1]; Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
- beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
- to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
- middle age
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- more and more
- to admire wholeheartedly; to fall in love with
- 居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- shoe; to tread on
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 疏 Shū: 疏 Shu1: surname Shu疏 shū: 疏 shu1: to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation
- (literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
- to plant trees
- 构 gòu: 构 gou4: to reach by stretching构 gòu: 构 gou4: to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
- see 石樓縣|石楼县[Shi2 lou2 Xian4]
- (bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuo4]
- to confuse; to be puzzled
- Buddha; Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)
- to arrive; most; to; until
- 经 Jīng: 经 Jing1: surname Jing经 jīng: 经 jing1: classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- 荤 xūn: 荤 xun1: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]荤 hūn: 荤 hun1: strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene
- 称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
- Tang dynasty (618–907)
- amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
- to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide