Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- see 荷塘區|荷塘区[He2 tang2 Qu1]
- lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
- as much as one likes
- to amuse oneself; to have fun
- gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
- to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
- common people
- disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity
- (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
- at the minimum; at the very least
- one's heart; one's mind
- courage
- at this time; at this moment
- pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
- to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
- to clog up; blockage
- to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable; (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float
- (literary) to wind around
- to beat; to win; to profit
- to go and come back; to make a return trip; backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action); to reciprocate (of machine part)
- (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
- herbaceous plant
- inauspicious abode; haunted house
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- corridor; veranda; porch
- owl; valiant; trafficker
- fox
- 苍 Cāng: 苍 Cang1: surname Cang苍 cāng: 苍 cang1: dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
- 苔 tái: 苔 tai2: moss; lichen; liverwort苔 tāi: 苔 tai1: used in 舌苔[she2 tai1]
- whirlwind; tornado
- to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit
- ordinary; to use
- high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease