《清明》 杜牧

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清明
杜牧

清明时节雨纷纷
路上行人欲断魂
借问酒家何处有
牧童遥指杏花村

Mandarin Pinyin

qīng míng
dù mù

qīng míng shí jié yǔ fēn fēn
lù shàng xíng rén yù duàn hún
jiè wèn jiǔ jiā hé chǔ yǒu
mù tóng yáo zhǐ xìng huā cūn

Notes

• 清明: Qingming Festival, aka Tomb-Sweeping Day (Wikipedia)
• 纷 fen1 numerous / confused / disorderly
• 断 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
• 魂 hún soul / spirit / immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body
• 借 jiè borrow; lend; make pretext of
• 问 wèn ask about, inquire after
• 牧 mù tend cattle, shepherd
• 杏花村 xìnghuācūn village of blossoming apricot trees

Related

• This page is a part of the Tang Dynasty Poetry Project
• 才智小天地 (YouTube)
• Qingming Festival, aka Tomb-Sweeping Day (Wikipedia)