Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- nine; 9
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 适 kùo: 适 kuo4: see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]适 Shì: 适 Shi4: surname Shi适 shì: 适 shi4: to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 美 Měi: 美 Mei3: (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])美 měi: 美 mei3: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu
- 德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- finished
- 题 Tí: 题 Ti2: surname Ti题 tí: 题 ti2: topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- to satirize; to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [feng4]
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
- to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement; to stay home with nothing to do; to lead a solitary life
- content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- leisurely and comfortable; relaxed
- thing; object
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- reason; sense
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- random thoughts; impressions
- 遇 yù: 遇 yu4: (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive遇 Yù: 遇 Yu4: surname Yu
- to appear; to look; form; shape
- to sigh; to exclaim
- to sing
- sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy
- quatrain (poetic form)
- the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix