Vocabulary: 白居易诗选

• chēng hucheng1 hu5称呼x1 | Book Rank #6241to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
• Chūn qīu, chūn qīuChun1 qiu1, chun1 qiu1春秋x10 | Book Rank #859春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
• Qí gúoQi2 guo2齐国x1 | Book Rank #6242Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
• xián zhěxian2 zhe3贤者x4 | Book Rank #2165
• pín qíongpin2 qiong2贫穷x3 | Book Rank #2816poor; impoverished
• jìn guójin4 guo2晋国x2 | Book Rank #3900
• XìXi4郤x1 | Book Rank #6243surname Xi
• xìxi4隙x2 | Book Rank #3901crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift
• Táo Yuān míngTao2 Yuan1 ming2陶渊明x15 | Book Rank #544Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
• cuàncuan4篡x3 | Book Rank #2817to seize; to usurp
• shāo hǔoshao1 huo3烧火x1 | Book Rank #6244to light a fire for cooking
• zùo fànzuo4 fan4做饭x1 | Book Rank #6245to prepare a meal; to cook
• Dōng hànDong1 han4东汉x3 | Book Rank #2818Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
• mò niánmo4 nian2末年x7 | Book Rank #1248the final years (of a regime)
• yǐn jūyin3 ju1隐居x5 | Book Rank #1754to live in seclusion
• yīyi1噫x1 | Book Rank #6246yeah (interjection of approval); to belch
• xiāng jìng rú bīnxiang1 jing4 ru2 bin1相敬如宾x1 | Book Rank #6247to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom); mutual respect between husband and wife
• sī zhī pǐnsi1 zhi1 pin3丝织品x8 | Book Rank #1094item made from woven silk or rayon
• zǒng chēngzong3 cheng1总称x2 | Book Rank #3902generic term
• zhì dìzhi4 di4质地x1 | Book Rank #6248texture; background (texture); grain; quality; character; disposition
• sī miánsi1 mian2丝绵x1 | Book Rank #6249silk floss; down
• jǐnjin3锦x7 | Book Rank #1249brocade; embroidered work; bright
• cǎicai3彩x8 | Book Rank #1095(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize
• sī zhīsi1 zhi1丝织x2 | Book Rank #3903
• tú àntu2 an4图案x2 | Book Rank #3904design; pattern
• duàn ziduan4 zi5缎子x1 | Book Rank #6250satin
• xìuxiu4绣x11 | Book Rank #772to embroider; embroidery
• cì xìuci4 xiu4刺绣x1 | Book Rank #6251to embroider; embroidery
• huā wénhua1 wen2花纹x4 | Book Rank #2166decorative design
• língling2绫x9 | Book Rank #964damask; thin silk
• chóuchou2绸x1 | Book Rank #6252(light) silk; CL:匹[pi3]
• yí xùnyi2 xun4遗训x1 | Book Rank #6253moral instruction handed down by sages of the past or departed elders
• yí jiàoyi2 jiao4遗教x1 | Book Rank #6254work or plans left as a legacy; the views of the departed; posthumous orders or teachings
• xī wàngxi1 wang4希望x4 | Book Rank #2167to hope; a hope; a wish
• dàn yuàndan4 yuan4但愿x2 | Book Rank #3905if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
• xīn qíng shū chàngxin1 qing2 shu1 chang4心情舒畅x1 | Book Rank #6255
• qián tíngqian2 ting2前庭x2 | Book Rank #3906front courtyard; vestibule
• Liáng, liàng, liángLiang2, liang4, liang2凉x6 | Book Rank #1474凉 Liáng: 凉 Liang2: the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)凉 liàng: 凉 liang4: to let sth cool down凉 liáng: 凉 liang2: cool; cold
• diàndian4簟x2 | Book Rank #3907fine woven grass mat
• huǎnghuang3幌x2 | Book Rank #3908shop sign; (literary) window curtain
• zhōng tíngzhong1 ting2中庭x5 | Book Rank #1755courtyard
• nà liángna4 liang2纳凉x3 | Book Rank #2819to enjoy the cool air
• zhú xízhu2 xi2竹席x3 | Book Rank #2820bamboo mat
• liánlian2帘x3 | Book Rank #2821帘 lián: 帘 lian2: flag used as a shop sign帘 lián: 帘 lian2: hanging screen or curtain
• wéiwei2帷x3 | Book Rank #2822curtain; screen
• lù shǔilu4 shui3露水x3 | Book Rank #2823dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral
• dǎ shīda3 shi1打湿x2 | Book Rank #3909
• qīng fēngqing1 feng1轻风x2 | Book Rank #3910breeze; light wind
• chuī dòngchui1 dong4吹动x2 | Book Rank #3911
• bō làngbo1 lang4波浪x2 | Book Rank #3912wave