Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- 习 Xí: 习 Xi2: surname Xi习 xí: 习 xi2: (bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
- to sing
- 微 wēi: 微 wei1: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]微 Wēi: 微 Wei1: surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
- fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- 贾 Jiǎ: 贾 Jia3: surname Jia贾 gǔ: 贾 gu3: merchant; to buy
- 颇 Pō: 颇 Po1: surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]颇 pō: 颇 po1: rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- one's own country
- each; every
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
- chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
- is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
- thus
- generally; in general
- 文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- to be adept in; to excel at
- to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- five; 5
- to support; to provide for
- (bound form) to patronize; to support; to aid; (bound form) to praise; to laud
- to warn; to admonish
- commandment; to prohibit
- and so on; and such
- a record of events inscribed on a tablet
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- to enjoin; to grant (a title)
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king
- 表 biǎo: 表 biao3: exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)表 biǎo: 表 biao3: watch (timepiece); meter; gauge
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- dispatch; order
- book; booklet; classifier for books
- to cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. [pou3]
- (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different); to judge; to decide; to grade; (of a judge) to sentence
- in short; in a word; in brief
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- very likely; prone to
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- accidental; image; pair; mate
- custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello