Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- to become; to turn into
- mirror; CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]
- to meddle; to intervene; intervention
- to attempt; to try; attempt; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
- phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance
- (formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- to correct; to make right
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- to become drunk
- meat dishes; mixed viands
- to eat till full; satisfied
- arrogant; overbearing
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- unlimited; unbounded
- to resent; resentment
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- to have one's words prove to be prophetic
- 杜 Dù: 杜 Du4: surname Du杜 dù: 杜 du4: birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict
- mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- old gentleman; old man
- to injure; injury; wound
- peasant; farmer
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李純|李纯[Li3 Chun2] reigned 805-820
- winter
- spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE; see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
- taxation; in former times, esp. land tax
- to allow; to grant; to permit
- 京畿 Jīng jī: 京畿 Jing1 ji1: Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]京畿 jīng jī: 京畿 jing1 ji1: capital city and its surrounding area
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc); tax free; duty free (shop)
- in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
- to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via