Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- 覆 fù: 覆 fu4: to reply to a letter覆 fù: 覆 fu4: to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize
- short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)
- 荷 hè: 荷 he4: to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility荷 hé: 荷 he2: lotus荷 Hé: 荷 He2: Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2])
- round basket for cooked rice
- child; childish
- to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
- pot; classifier for bottled liquid
- thick liquid; to starch
- to tag along (with sb); (in combination with 與|与[yu3] or 和[he2]) to accompany (sb); (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another)
- soldier's pay
- 丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl
- 壮 Zhuàng: 壮 Zhuang4: Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China壮 zhuàng: 壮 zhuang4: to strengthen; strong; robust
- ridge; mound
- rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
- 背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
- flame; inflammation; -itis
- to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- summertime
- right hand; right-hand side
- 秉 bǐng: 秉 bing3: to grasp; to hold; to maintain秉 Bǐng: 秉 Bing3: surname Bing
- (bound form) to leave behind
- 穗 sùi: 穗 sui4: ear of grain; fringe; tassel穗 Sùi: 穗 Sui4: abbr. for Guangzhou 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1]
- to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- sad; sorrowful
- to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
- taxes; duties
- 拾 shí: 拾 shi2: to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)拾 shè: 拾 she4: to ascend in light steps
- to allay one's hunger
- intestines
- achievements and virtue
- (literary) farming and sericulture; agricultural production
- minor government official or functionary (old)
- good fortune; official salary
- 石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 晏 yàn: 晏 yan4: late; quiet晏 Yàn: 晏 Yan4: surname Yan
- grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
- ashamed
- to forget; to overlook; to neglect