Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- 霓裳 ní cháng: 霓裳 ni2 chang2: nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]霓裳 Ní cháng: 霓裳 Ni2 chang2: Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 qu1] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 wu3]
- watchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace
- smoke and dust; air pollution
- southwest
- 华 Huà: 华 Hua4: Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Hua华 huá: 华 hua2: magnificent; splendid; flowery华 huā: 华 hua1: flower华 Huá: 华 Hua2: abbr. for China
- to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- (bound form) army; military
- 钿 diàn: 钿 dian4: to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower钿 tián: 钿 tian2: (dialect) coin; money
- 委 Wěi: 委 Wei3: surname Wei委 wěi: 委 wei3: to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly委 wēi: 委 wei1: used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- 翘 qiáo: 翘 qiao2: outstanding; to raise翘 qiào: 翘 qiao4: to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
- 雀 qiāo: 雀 qiao1: a freckle; lentigo雀 què: 雀 que4: (bound form) small bird; sparrow; also pr. [qiao3]
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering); blood and tears
- undisciplined; unorganized
- bleak; desolate; melancholy
- a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle; wood or bamboo trestlework; a warehouse; (computing) stack
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- see 劍閣縣|剑阁县[Jian4 ge2 Xian4]
- People's Bank of China (abbr. for 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2])
- gonfanon; banner
- 薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo
- river water
- green jade; bluish green; blue; jade
- see 蜀山區|蜀山区[Shu3 shan1 Qu1]
- 青 Qīng: 青 Qing1: short name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]青 qīng: 青 qing1: green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
- from dawn to dusk; all the time
- temporary imperial residence
- to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- (small) bell; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music)
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- to drive; to manage; to control
- to hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth; (literary) self-satisfied
- cannot; must not; should not
- rocky