Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
- on the one hand
- lonely; solitary
- to form; to forge (alliances etc)
- 树林 shù lín: 树林 shu4 lin2: woods; grove; forest树林 Shù lín: 树林 Shu4 lin2: Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- valley; gully; mountain region
- see 南湖區|南湖区[Nan2 hu2 Qu1]
- lakeside
- see 紅山區|红山区[Hong2 shan1 Qu1]
- apricot; (bound form) almond
- yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
- second; number two; next; secondary
- 点点 diǎn diǎn: 点点 dian3 dian3: point; speck点点 Diǎn diǎn: 点点 Dian3 dian3: Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website)
- having sound and color (idiom); vivid; dazzling
- Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi
- black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book
- see 連雲區|连云区[Lian2 yun2 Qu1]
- (idiom) world-shaking
- but; however
- to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky
- underground; subterranean; covert
- see 當涂縣|当涂县[Dang1 tu2 Xian4]
- breakwater; jetty
- islet; bank
- Dangtu, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市[Ma3 an1 shan1 Shi4], Anhui
- 岳阳楼 Yuè yáng Lóu: 岳阳楼 Yue4 yang2 Lou2: Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi岳阳楼 Yuè yáng lóu: 岳阳楼 Yue4 yang2 lou2: see 岳陽樓區|岳阳楼区[Yue4 yang2 lou2 Qu1]
- 岳 Yuè: 岳 Yue4: surname Yue岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: wife's parents and paternal uncles岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- 下水 xià shǔi: 下水 xia4 shui3: downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot下水 xià shui: 下水 xia4 shui5: offal; viscera; tripe
- long; endless; boundless
- (literary) tall building; dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse
- to set up; to establish