Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- here
- bard; poet
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang
- character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- to tour; to travel
- 仙游 xiān yóu: 仙游 xian1 you2: (literary) (euphemism) to die; to pass away仙游 Xiān yóu: 仙游 Xian1 you2: see 仙遊縣|仙游县[Xian1 you2 Xian4]
- Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- old affair; former matter
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
- famous; noted; well-known; celebrated
- lengthy (report or speech)
- narrative poem
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards
- 左 zǔo: 左 zuo3: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite左 Zǔo: 左 Zuo3: surname Zuo
- to pocket a lost article; (fig.) to correct others' errors; to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
- the current period; this term (usually in finance)
- to write; to compose; writing; written works
- great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous
- parable; allegory; satire
- 诗 Shī: 诗 Shi1: abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs诗 shī: 诗 shi1: poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- 大都 Dà dū: 大都 Da4 du1: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing大都 dà dōu: 大都 da4 dou1: for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]大都 dà dū: 大都 da4 du1: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
- to complete; to accomplish
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- now; this moment
- court; imperial household; dynasty
- the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
- to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to sb's face; in sb's presence
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
- palace hall
- 论 lùn: 论 lun4: opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)论 Lún: 论 Lun2: abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)