Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- ignorant; ignorance
- low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble
- since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
- sad; sorrowful (literary)
- prerogative; privilege; privileged
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
- one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- powerful; forceful; vigorous
- to oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical
- to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness
- Southern Dynasties (420-589)
- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent
- rich and powerful family
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- top-quality
- poor and humble family; my family (humble)
- unreasonable
- degree; level; extent
- to seek after; to strive for
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- difficult; hard; challenging
- ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full
- to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience
- ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
- belief; to believe (in sth)
- Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- theory; doctrine
- scholar; intellectual
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- to learn; to study
- to write; to do the actual writing
- skin; CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4]
- friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦