Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- slope; CL:個|个[ge4]; sloping; slanted
- earth; soil; mud; clay
- a ruler and his ministers (old)
- letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- to return; to come back
- as before; still; to remain the same
- (bound form) a liquid; also pr. [yi4]
- 未央 Wèi yāng: 未央 Wei4 yang1: see 未央區|未央区[Wei4 yang1 Qu1]未央 wèi yāng: 未央 wei4 yang1: (literary) not ended; not yet over; close to the end
- 柳 Lǐu: 柳 Liu3: surname Liu柳 lǐu: 柳 liu3: willow
- 面 miàn: 面 mian4: face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc面 miàn: 面 mian4: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- (literary) one's students
- autumn rain
- Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
- rank or step; stairs
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- pepper
- 房 fáng: 房 fang2: house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)房 Fáng: 房 Fang2: surname Fang
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- good; beautiful
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- firefly; glow-worm
- quietly; sorrowfully
- 挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- late (with a task etc); slow
- (bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4]
- (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
- roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- jadeite; tree kingfisher
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive
- life or death
- soul
- hasn't yet; hasn't ever
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- mound; place name