Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to be surprised; to be astonished
- girl; young lady
- to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
- (bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
- the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
- imperial concubine
- one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features
- ugly
- to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
- to follow; to adhere to; to abide by
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- first month of the lunar year
- verse; CL:行[hang2]
- flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
- to use (two words etc) together; to use (sth) continuously
- trials and tribulations
- precious
- 浦 Pǔ: 浦 Pu3: surname Pu浦 pǔ: 浦 pu3: river bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
- 棱 lēng: 棱 leng1: used in 刺棱[ci1 leng1]; used in 花不棱登[hua1 bu5 leng1 deng1]; used in 撲棱|扑棱[pu1 leng1]棱 léng: 棱 leng2: square beam棱 líng: 棱 ling2: used in 穆稜|穆棱[Mu4 ling2] (the name of a place in Heilongjiang); used in 丹稜|丹棱[Dan1 ling2] (the name of a place in Sichuan); used in 綏稜|绥棱[Sui2 ling2] (the name of a place in Heilongjiang)棱 léng: 棱 leng2: arris; edge; corrugation; ridges
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- reeds
- edge of the water; waterside; shore (of sea, lake or river)
- dike; Taiwan pr. [ti2]
- Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
- to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
- an era; an age; a generation
- ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- 钦 qīn: 钦 qin1: to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself钦 Qīn: 钦 Qin1: surname Qin
- see 汨羅市|汨罗市[Mi4 luo2 Shi4]; see 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 Jiang1]
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- historical biography
- consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- to achieve or accomplish goals
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- to use fully; to put to use
- regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- (literary) to become an official
- confidence; faith (in sb or sth); CL:個|个[ge4]