Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- pomegranate
- cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花)
- see 江城區|江城区[Jiang1 cheng2 Qu1]; see 江城哈尼族彝族自治縣|江城哈尼族彝族自治县[Jiang1 cheng2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
- dark red
- surname Qu
- tear stains
- to wrap and bind; damp; dripping; wet; a book bag
- scissors; CL:把[ba3]
- raw silk
- to be alive
- (literary) beautiful
- to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid); classifier for drops of liquid
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- blaze; flame
- to peer; to scan; to examine carefully
- Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
- Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora); common herbaceous peony; peony used in TCM
- ugly woman
- just at the time of; honest; upright; (math.) positive value
- youth; youthfulness
- Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
- (bound form) side; edge; boundary
- 十一 Shí Yī: 十一 Shi2 Yi1: PRC National Day (October 1st)十一 shí yī: 十一 shi2 yi1: eleven; 11
- 曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- (literary) to pace back and forth
- adorable; cute; lovely
- lit. to put everything out including the tray; to reveal everything; to make a clean breast of it all
- Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
- to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- 屈 qū: 屈 qu1: bent; to feel wronged屈 Qū: 屈 Qu1: surname Qu
- brewer's yeast
- bacterium; germ
- to moisten; to dampen; to be steeped in; to be imbued with