Vocabulary: 白居易诗选
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- barren; lean
- meal; to eat; classifier for meals
- hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
- 费 Fèi: 费 Fei4: surname Fei费 fèi: 费 fei4: to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses
- all speaking together; in chorus
- to sob; to whimper
- prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
- companion; comrade; fellow
- (honorific) May I ask?
- throat; larynx
- 历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: calendar year历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: over the years; bygone years
- to decline; to wane
- 蕃 fán: 蕃 fan2: luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce; to proliferate蕃 fān: 蕃 fan1: foreign (non-Chinese)蕃 bō: 蕃 bo1: see 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1]
- forty; 40
- 裘 Qíu: 裘 Qiu2: surname Qiu裘 qíu: 裘 qiu2: fur; fur coat
- 许 Xǔ: 许 Xu3: surname Xu许 xǔ: 许 xu3: to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps
- court dress in former times
- apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
- towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50
- to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage
- to brave death
- to flee; to run away
- to pass by; menstruation
- desert
- sand blown by wind; sandstorm
- illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade
- sound of a drum; drumbeat
- to bow again; to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times); (in letters, an expression of respect)
- 骑 jì: 骑 ji4: (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier骑 qí: 骑 qi2: to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- Chinese language
- 将军 jiāng jūn: 将军 jiang1 jun1: general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot将军 Jiāng jūn: 将军 Jiang1 jun1: (common place name)
- wetland