Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- 秘 mì: 秘 mi4: secret; secretary秘 bì: 秘 bi4: see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]
- to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
- to squander; lost
- to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- eye disease
- almost; nearly; practically
- to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness
- paying special care; with particular attention
- motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful
- how many times; several times; how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle); several degrees; to what degree; to what extent
- by the time that
- border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)
- did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
- lifelong; all one's life; marriage
- (literary) lonely; all alone
- (of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
- to feel wronged; to feel aggrieved; (in set phrases such as 委曲求全[wei3 qu1 qiu2 quan2]) to yield; to make concessions; (literary) winding; tortuous; indirect; (literary) detailed; elaborate
- over and over again; again and again
- key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
- woman
- equality of the sexes
- to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
- ubiquity; universality
- to try to please
- (idiom) to turn a blind eye to (sth one sees regularly)
- to belittle; to scorn; to take sth lightly
- spouse
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- to grumble; to complain; grievance
- tomb; grave
- lone; lonely; loneliness
- (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful
- 卜 bǔ: 卜 bu3: (bound form) to divine卜 Bǔ: 卜 Bu3: surname Bu卜 bó: 卜 bo2: used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
- true motive; true feelings
- blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other
- 安居 ān jū: 安居 an1 ju1: to settle down; to live peacefully安居 ān jū: 安居 An1 ju1: see 安居區|安居区[An1 ju1 Qu1]