Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- 过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- to present respectfully
- not yet; still not
- to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
- to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- one's mind
- (of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue); to hold exploratory discussions
- not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
- will; shall; to be going to
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
- alone; by oneself; on one's own
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
- also known as
- for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)
- to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- Gong county in Henan
- Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
- joint name; combined name
- "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]
- Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks
- see 射洪市[She4 hong2 Shi4]
- civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to initiate
- strength of character; vigorous style (of calligraphy)
- 矫 jiáo: 矫 jiao2: used in 矯情|矫情[jiao2 qing5]矫 jiǎo: 矫 jiao3: to correct; to rectify; to redress; strong; brave; to pretend; to feign; affectation矫 Jiǎo: 矫 Jiao3: surname Jiao
- 齐 Qí: 齐 Qi2: (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi齐 qí: 齐 qi2: neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- circumstances; fate
- to be called; to be known as
- pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses
- not completely; endlessly
- to be loyal to
- I Ching; Book of Changes
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]