Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
- scholar
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- to classify
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- subject matter
- to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate
- genre; style; form of writing
- actually; in fact; really
- to misunderstand; misunderstanding
- (literary) to induce; to entice
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- hastily; rashly; suddenly
- to form a coherent composition
- all one's life
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- relatives and friends
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- during; at the time of
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- to hate; to regret
- to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany
- 欢 huān: 欢 huan1: joyous; happy; pleased欢 huān: 欢 huan1: hubbub; clamor欢 huān: 欢 huan1: a breed of horse
- forms of versification; conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition; metrical verse
- other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- random thoughts (a literary genre)
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- to regard as important; to value
- to compete with; to vie with; to counter
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- 义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- to look at; to view; to read
- to know; to be aware
- where; how
- however; but; yet