Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- at one's side; on hand
- weather
- to see with one's own eyes; very soon
- elegant; graceful; smart; to dance lightly
- fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- why
- (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
- small and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- curtain
- military rank
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- to cast or found metals
- a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
- 纳 Nà: 纳 Na4: surname Na纳 nà: 纳 na4: to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
- purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
- 斗牛 Dǒu Níu: 斗牛 Dou3 Niu2: Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)斗牛 dòu níu: 斗牛 dou4 niu2: bullfighting
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- box
- limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
- 澄 dèng: 澄 deng4: (of liquid) to settle; to become clear澄 chéng: 澄 cheng2: clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify澄 Chéng: 澄 Cheng2: surname Cheng
- most valuable treasure; most precious asset
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- comrades; friends; companions
- 折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- 头 tou: 头 tou5: suffix for nouns头 tóu: 头 tou2: head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- personal grudge
- careful; cautious
- shy; ashamed; shame; bashful; delicacies
- to treat as; to regard as
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- clearly; evidently; obviously
- to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- will; shall; to be going to
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on