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==Examples of poems 1==
===Characters 1===
上 月 月 地 光 低 床 明 明 夜 故 是 思 思 前 望 鄉 疑 靜 頭 頭 舉 霜 
===Traditional characters 1===
故鄉-故乡

靜-静

頭-头

舉-举

===Vocabulary 1===
疑 yí doubt, wonder, question

霜 shuāng frost

舉 jǔ lift

低 dī lower

===Li Bai: Thoughts in the Silent Night, poem 1===

靜夜思

Jìngyè sī

床前明月光，

Chuáng qián míng yuèguāng,

疑是地上霜。

Yí shì dìshang shuāng.

舉頭望明月，

Jǔtóu wàng míngyuè,

低頭思故鄉。

Dītóu sī gùxiāng.

==TRANSLATION of poem 1==

Moonlight reflects off the front of my bed.

Could it actually be the frost on the ground?

I look up to view the bright moon,

And look down to reminisce about my hometown.

About: This popular Chinese poem was penned by one of the most famous Tang dynasty poets of all time – Li Bai (701-762). The poem expresses the poet’s loneliness, pensiveness, and homesickness as he gazes up at the bright moon.

==Vocabulary of poem 2==
土
下
日
中
午 wu
禾 hé grain
禾
汗
李
辛
苦
知
皆 jiē all
粒 lì grain 粒粒皆辛苦 Every single grain [is the fruit of] hard work.
粒
紳 Shēn (first name)
當 dāngwǔ 當午: noon 
農 nóng farmer
滴
盤 pán plate, dish, tray
鋤 chú to hoe, to dig out (鋤禾 chúhé: to weed)
誰
憫 mǐn to sympathize with, to pity, to toil
餐

==Traditional Characters of Poem 2==
紳-绅

憫-悯

農-农

鋤-锄

當-当

誰-谁

盤-盘

==Pinyin transcription 憫農 (“Toiling Farmers”, by Li Shen)==

李紳 《憫農》

Lǐ Shēn «Mǐn nóng»

鋤禾日當午，

Chú hé rì dāngwǔ,

汗滴禾下土。

Hàn dī hé xiàtǔ.

誰知盤中餐，

Shéizhī pán zhōng cān,

粒粒皆辛苦。

Lìlì jiē xīnkǔ.

==TRANSLATION of poem 2==

Farmers weeding at noon,

Sweat down the field soon.

Who knows food on a tray

Thanks to their toiling day?

About: A common Chinese nursery rhyme still popular today, “Toiling Farmers” depicts the hard work and life of a Chinese farmer. Written by Tang Dynasty poet Li Shen, the poem emphasises how hard each farmers work for every grain of rice, and serves as a gentle reminder for children not to waste their food.

==Example of poem 3==
==Characters 3==
王

天

水

毛

白

波

紅

浮 fú to float

清

項 xiàng neck

掌 zhǎng hand, claw

詠 yǒng ode

歌 gē to sing, the song

賓 Bīn (first name)

綠

撥 bō to push (e.g. water, waves)

曏 xiàng towards

駱 Luò (last name)

鵝 é goose

鵝

鵝

鵝

麴 qū to bend

Wáng tiān shuǐ máo bái bō hóng fú qīng xiàng zhǎng yǒng gē bīn lǜ bō xiàng luò é é é é qū

==Traditional characters and their simplified versions of poem 3==
駱-骆 Luò

賓-宾 Bīn

詠-咏

鵝-鹅

麴-曲

項-项

曏-向

綠-绿

紅-红

撥-拨
==Luo Binwang: An Ode to the Goose: poem 3==
駱賓王: 詠鵝

Luò Bīnwáng: Yǒng é

鵝、鵝、鵝，

É, é, é,

麴項曏天歌。

Qū xiàng xiàng tiān gē.

白毛浮綠水，

Báimáo fú lǜshuǐ,

紅掌撥清波

Hóng zhǎng bō qīng bō
==TRANSLATION of poem 3==

Goose, goose, goose,

You bend your neck towards the sky and sing.

Your white feathers float on the emerald water,

Your red feet push the clear waves.

About: Written by Tang Dynasty poet Luo Binwang when he was only seven years old, “An Ode to the Goose” is a particularly simple and easy to memorize poem, resulting in it often being one of the very first famous Chinese poems to be learned by Chinese children.