Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
- to lead to
- Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
- Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- to urge sb to drink alcohol
- Allium bakeri; shallot; scallion
- morning dew; fig. precarious brevity of human life; ephemeral
- Hibiscus syriacus; transient
- (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against
- (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- to concoct pills of immortality
- sand; gravel; granule
- why not?; why not do (sth)?
- good wine; fine liquor
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
- to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly
- to think over; to consider; anxiety
- contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- blind drunk
- 兀 Wù: 兀 Wu4: surname Wu兀 wù: 兀 wu4: (literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
- fame and profit
- way; route; road
- disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness; CL:場|场[chang2]
- pitfall; snare; trap
- to weave; to knit
- net for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare (a valuable new team member etc); to bring together under the one umbrella
- to look; to raise one's eyes
- why?; for what reason?
- to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- to drink wine