Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- north and south; north to south
- direction; orientation
- 东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- grave; tomb
- bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- sparse; infrequent; thinly spread
- seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
- 渠 Qú: 渠 Qu2: surname Qu渠 jù: 渠 ju4: how can it be that?渠 qú: 渠 qu2: (artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her; (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe
- see 滎陽市|荥阳市[Xing2 yang2 Shi4]
- Yellow River or Huang He
- to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc); to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)
- name of a river
- 泗 Sì: 泗 Si4: river in Shandong泗 sì: 泗 si4: nasal mucus
- a clear blue sky
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
- tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
- 塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- 迟 chí: 迟 chi2: late; delayed; slow迟 Chí: 迟 Chi2: surname Chi
- (literary) not to speak
- 露 Lù: 露 Lu4: surname Lu露 lòu: 露 lou4: to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose露 lù: 露 lu4: dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose
- 冷 lěng: 冷 leng3: cold冷 Lěng: 冷 Leng3: surname Leng
- early years
- vast; extending into the distance
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- originally; the original; original copy; original version
- to add; to increase
- one layer; one level
- scenery
- to throw (a projectile); to cast (light)
- to circle in the air; to soar
- 告诉 gào su: 告诉 gao4 su5: to tell; to inform; to let know告诉 gào sù: 告诉 gao4 su4: to press charges; to file a complaint
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- conclusion; ending
- cold (climate); frigid; very cold
- affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental
- to rustle in the air; to rustle; to sough; bleak; desolate; chilly