Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- already; since; both... (and...)
- post horse; relay station
- psychology; mentality
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- outside; excluding
- family member; (old) servant
- to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about
- to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate
- among; in; included among these
- the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
- to hinder; to block; to obstruct
- (bound form) hungry
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- (of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed; (math.) discrete
- each; every
- full moon
- (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- 怀 Huái: 怀 Huai2: surname Huai怀 huái: 怀 huai2: bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- see 浮梁縣|浮梁县[Fu2 liang2 Xian4]
- elder brother
- 於 yú: 於 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by於 Yū: 於 Yu1: surname Yu; Taiwan pr. [Yu2]於 wū: 於 wu1: (literary) Oh!; Ah!
- hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
- seven; 7
- to show; to reveal
- younger sibling; younger brother's wife
- classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
- line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing
- technique; trick; skill
- to express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions)
- social upheaval caused by war or famine etc
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
- at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang
- to concentrate on; to give full attention to
- to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet