Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
- mythical bird related to phoenix
- mirror; lens
- 熏 xūn: 熏 xun1: to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume熏 xūn: 熏 xun1: fragrance; warm; to educate; to smoke; to fumigate
- musk deer (Moschus moschiferus); also called 香獐子
- decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate
- 莫 Mò: 莫 Mo4: surname Mo莫 mò: 莫 mo4: do not; there is none who
- not only
- the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
- 史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)
- human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- to bring out the main theme; to make the point; to bring out the substance concisely
- difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
- to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)
- to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
- interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- case; (for) instance; example; CL:個|个[ge4]
- a common occurrence (idiom)
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- monarch; sovereign
- unstable; erratic; changeable; fickle
- direct; concerning oneself; personal
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- maxim
- see 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4]
- pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- to immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually
- see 南山區|南山区[Nan2 shan1 Qu1]
- bright expanse of water
- to overflow; to ripple; used in place names; see 漾濞[Yang4 bi4]
- deep pool; deep; profound
- in former years; in previous years
- used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)