Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- army; main forces
- 汤 tāng: 汤 tang1: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled汤 shāng: 汤 shang1: rushing current汤 Tāng: 汤 Tang1: surname Tang
- sound of weeping
- 哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
- Ministry of War (in imperial China)
- (official) document; dispatch
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer
- 弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong
- 簸 bǒ: 簸 bo3: to winnow; to toss up and down簸 bò: 簸 bo4: used in 簸箕[bo4 ji1]
- 骨 gū: 骨 gu1: used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]; used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]; used in 骨朵[gu1 duo5]骨 gǔ: 骨 gu3: bone
- (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous
- muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
- to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
- native soil; one's native land; one's hometown; local (to an area)
- limb
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- so far; to this day; until now
- dawn; daybreak
- to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- mound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
- Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦[you1 you1]
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
- militaristic; to use military force indiscriminately
- to desire; wants; appetites
- stranger; living person; to give birth; to be born (in a certain time or place)
- Excuse me, may I ask...?
- dynasty; reign (of a king)
- to rejoice in grandiose deeds; to strive to achieve extraordinary things
- to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- common; ordinary; general; average