Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- infectiousness (of a disease); appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- (of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning
- Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
- 寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou
- (jade)
- imperial concubine
- Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
- 度 dúo: 度 duo2: to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]度 dù: 度 du4: to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences
- to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
- to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
- An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]
- to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport)
- see 潼關縣|潼关县[Tong2 guan1 Xian4]
- to be compelled; to be forced
- to hang oneself
- face powder and eyebrow liner; cosmetics; (fig.) beautiful woman
- cosmetic; makeup product
- imperial concubine
- see 臨潼區|临潼区[Lin2 tong2 Qu1]
- head ornament
- pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]); (fig.) teardrop; tear
- 随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to socialize; to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
- to rock; to shake; to sway
- to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
- 土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci
- Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
- palace; CL:座[zuo4]
- fisherman; to fish
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- 范 fàn: 范 fan4: pattern; model; example范 Fàn: 范 Fan4: surname Fan
- to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
- drum carried on horseback
- 皮 Pí: 皮 Pi2: surname Pi皮 pí: 皮 pi2: skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- cavalry
- snare drum
- dance music
- court (of king or emperor)
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- flag; banner; CL:面[mian4]