Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- scholar
- 国 Gúo: 国 Guo2: surname Guo国 gúo: 国 guo2: country; nation; state; (bound form) national
- 易 Yì: 易 Yi4: surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])易 yì: 易 yi4: easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- peak; summit; height
- to seek; to look for
- to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
- 孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- to alert; to warn; police
- flat; open-hearted; level; smooth
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- nature; temperament
- words and sentences
- 难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
- to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
- eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- to look at from close up; to watch intently
- meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of
- 少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom少 shào: 少 shao4: young
- scene which recalls past memories (idiom); evocative of the past; reminiscent; to arouse deep feelings
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective
- pet phrase; regularly used expression; manner of speaking
- lit. to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom); fig. to gladden the heart; to be refreshing
- common; everyday; average
- the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
- road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- word; phrase; (old) (grammar) function word; predicate
- light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)
- to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline
- characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
- smooth; clear and coherent
- amiable (manner); unassuming; written in plain language; easy to take in
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 剪 Jiǎn: 剪 Jian3: surname Jian剪 jiǎn: 剪 jian3: (bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate; to edit (video, audio etc)
- acute