Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
- folk song; mountain song
- flute
- 嘲 zhāo: 嘲 zhao1: used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1]嘲 cháo: 嘲 chao2: to ridicule; to mock
- used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1] and 啁哳[zhao1 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [zha2]
- to compose; to write words to a tune
- a good while; a long time
- forward; onward
- fully booked; every seat taken
- record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)
- female singer (archaic)
- melancholy; moving and sad; sweet and piteous
- proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
- to trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc); (fig.) to describe; to portray
- to excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent; outstanding
- level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
- one's heart filled with; full of (joy)
- latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
- 丽 Lí: 丽 Li2: Korea丽 lì: 丽 li4: beautiful
- meticulous; thorough; comprehensive; complete; detailed
- vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
- to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
- musical composition
- to demote an official; a demoted official
- to change a name; to rename
- to flow into; inflow
- taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
- to take office; to assume a post
- start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest
- to search; to look for; to seek
- trembling
- maple
- female virgin; widow who does not remarry
- gorge
- string music
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- 芯 xìn: 芯 xin4: used in 芯子[xin4 zi5]; Taiwan pr. [xin1]芯 xīn: 芯 xin1: (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
- tuning (stringed instrument); (fig.) to make up one's mind