Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- across one's whole face; (smiling) from ear to ear
- 沙 shà: 沙 sha4: (dialect) to sift; to sieve沙 Shā: 沙 Sha1: surname Sha沙 shā: 沙 sha1: granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
- temples; hair on the temples
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- eyebrow; upper margin
- to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
- face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 红 Hóng: 红 Hong2: surname Hong红 gōng: 红 gong1: used in 女紅|女红[nu : 3 gong1]红 hóng: 红 hong2: red; popular; revolutionary; bonus
- hardworking; industrious
- wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered
- nowadays; now
- 似 shì: 似 shi4: used in 似的[shi4 de5]似 sì: 似 si4: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than
- to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city)
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- 汉 hàn: 汉 han4: man汉 Hàn: 汉 Han4: Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
- gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
- when?
- to redeem; to ransom
- (fig.) beautiful woman
- sovereign king
- color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
- misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fate; destiny
- to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- then and now; ancient and modern
- numerous
- Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
- Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
- Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
- masterpiece; famous work
- handed down from ancient times; family heirloom
- to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few
- time; era; period of time
- (of time) to pass; to elapse
- strong; intense
- first; most important; primary; foremost