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绝句
杜甫

两个黄鹿鸣翠柳
一行白鹭上青天
窗含西岭千秋雪
门泊东吴万里船

Mandarin Pinyin

jué jù
dù fǔ

liǎng gè huáng lù míng cuì liǔ
yī xíng bái lù shàng qīng tiān
chuāng hán xī lǐng qiān qiū xuě
mén bó dōng wú wàn lǐ chuán

Notes

  • 黄 huáng yellow
  • 鹂 (鸝) lí Chinese oriole; Oriolus oriolus
  • 鸣 míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one’s gratitude, grievance etc)
  • 翠 cuì bluish-green / green jade
  • 柳 liǔ willow
  • 鹭 (鷺) lù heron, egret; Ardea species (various)
  • 白鹭 báilù (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)
  • 岭 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge
  • 西岭 here, referring to a mountain of modern-day Sichuan
  • 东吴 eastern Wu
  • 吴 Wú area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods