Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer
- 巴 bā: 巴 ba1: to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail巴 Bā: 巴 Ba1: Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
- 楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- to reach; when
- early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
- to copy; to imitate
- to compete; to contend; to struggle
- 新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 贺 hè: 贺 he4: to congratulate贺 Hè: 贺 He4: surname He
- 雨 yǔ: 雨 yu3: rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]雨 yù: 雨 yu4: (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
- rare
- twenty; 20
- 禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure
- post (office); mail
- to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
- wall
- above
- none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- princes and dukes; aristocrat
- concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
- to copy; to transcribe
- 模 mú: 模 mu2: mold; die; matrix; pattern模 mó: 模 mo2: to imitate; model; norm; pattern
- 勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind
- to dazzle; to boast; to show off; (slang) cool; awesome
- to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
- everywhere; in all respects
- all; each and every; in all cases
- excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- to steal
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- 苟 gǒu: 苟 gou3: (literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily苟 Gǒu: 苟 Gou3: surname Gou
- (bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
- in a mess; in a jumble; chaotic
- 厕 sì: 厕 si4: used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]厕 cè: 厕 ce4: (bound form) restroom; toilet; lavatory; (literary) to be mingled with; to be involved in
- have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4]
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- 童 tóng: 童 tong2: child童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong