Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
- to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time); vast; loose-fitting
- whence; where
- 宿 xǐu: 宿 xiu3: night; classifier for nights宿 xìu: 宿 xiu4: constellation宿 Sù: 宿 Su4: surname Su宿 sù: 宿 su4: lodge for the night; old; former
- birch-leaved pear (Pyrus betulaefolia)
- 叶 xié: 叶 xie2: to be in harmony叶 Yè: 叶 Ye4: surname Ye叶 yè: 叶 ye4: leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats
- to fight; fight; war; battle
- sound of the wind blowing or rain falling
- to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
- from within; therefrom
- to sever; to break off
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 劳 Láo: 劳 Lao2: surname Lao劳 láo: 劳 lao2: (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed; (bound form) fatigue; to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth); (bound form) to express appreciation for sb's efforts (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
- blood and vital breath; bloodline (i.e. parentage); valor
- (bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
- last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve
- white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- to visit; to call on sb; to look around
- autumn; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to fall ill
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- see 宣州區|宣州区[Xuan1 zhou1 Qu1]
- to suffer; fig. reluctantly
- to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to
- to take leave of; to leave; separation
- to come from
- Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
- sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
- real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- cannot bear to
- meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
- to tear; to rip apart
- to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience
- to envelop; to shroud
- pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- plant; vegetation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- with this; thereby; thus; because of this
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn