Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- 昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]; (also used for transliteration)昆 kūn: 昆 kun1: descendant; elder brother; a style of Chinese poetry
- 刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao
- 达 dá: 达 da2: to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent达 Dá: 达 Da2: surname Da
- 隐 yǐn: 隐 yin3: (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-隐 yìn: 隐 yin4: to lean upon
- 稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]
- (bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
- 工夫 gōng fū: 工夫 gong1 fu1: (old) laborer工夫 gōng fu: 工夫 gong1 fu5: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- clean
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- pure; unadulterated; exquisite
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- 关 Guān: 关 Guan1: surname Guan关 guān: 关 guan1: mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
- 重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
- border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
- good; very; very much
- (used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- skill; art
- (bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment
- to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- smooth; level
- superficial
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- nobody is perfect; everyone has their defect
- same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
- really isn't
- (literary) pearl; gem; (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- time; length of time; moment; period
- hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
- lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
- (a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- to chatter; to babble
- feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
- carefully chosen; handpicked; best of the bunch; choice (product); concentration (mining); to concentrate; to winnow
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- at the same time; simultaneously
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- table of contents
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- to decipher; to decode; to interpret
- consultation; reference; to consult; to refer
- similar; same type; alike