Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- delicate; fine; exquisite; refined
- jewelry; head ornament
- (bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff; (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
- see 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
- (used in place names, notably 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1] Mount Emei in Sichuan)
- place name; toponym
- see 興平市|兴平市[Xing1 ping2 Shi4]
- former site; old location
- see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]
- to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god)
- singing and dancing
- entertainer; performing artist; artisan; craftsman
- imperial wives and concubines
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- see 邛崍市|邛崃市[Qiong2 lai2 Shi4]
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- figure; physique; posture
- graceful; fine; elegant
- 岑 cén: 岑 cen2: small hill岑 Cén: 岑 Cen2: surname Cen
- blemish; flaw; defect
- to approximate; to be similar
- as if; to seem like
- environs; wilderness
- 白玉 Bái yù: 白玉 Bai2 yu4: see 白玉縣|白玉县[Bai2 yu4 Xian4]白玉 bái yù: 白玉 bai2 yu4: white jade; tofu (by analogy)
- 差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- daughter
- Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality; popularly known as 王母娘娘
- maid
- gorgeous
- curtain; women's apartment; tent
- plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper
- pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish
- belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)
- continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
- sleeve
- tear; teardrop; CL:滴[di1]
- lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- pearls; jewels; precious stones
- to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation
- box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
- small box; case