Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- to hold a post; to take office
- to expire; to run out; to come to an end
- to permit; to allow
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- an official position; a job in the bureaucracy
- capital of a country
- 六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names
- mother
- to pass away; to die
- according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then
- convention; usual practice
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- to depart; to leave
- to return to
- eight
- 回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- 朝 Cháo: 朝 Chao2: abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea朝 zhāo: 朝 zhao1: morning朝 cháo: 朝 chao2: imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- 个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name; nominal
- idle; leisurely
- ten; 10
- prime minister (in feudal China)
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- office; duty
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- 得罪 dé zui: 得罪 de2 zui5: to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]得罪 dé zùi: 得罪 de2 zui4: to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 得罪[de2 zui5]
- 过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- to seize an opportunity
- to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- to fall; to drop; to weigh down
- 井 Jǐng: 井 Jing3: Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing井 jǐng: 井 jing3: a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write
- Arai (Japanese surname)
- 诸 Zhū: 诸 Zhu1: surname Zhu诸 zhū: 诸 zhu1: all; various
- unfilial