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<p>Created page with &quot;==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-...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Examples of poems 1==<br /> ===Characters 1===<br /> 上 月 月 地 光 低 床 明 明 夜 故 是 思 思 前 望 鄉 疑 靜 頭 頭 舉 霜 <br /> ===Traditional characters 1===<br /> 故鄉-故乡<br /> <br /> 靜-静<br /> <br /> 頭-头<br /> <br /> 舉-举<br /> <br /> ===Vocabulary 1===<br /> 疑 yí doubt, wonder, question<br /> <br /> 霜 shuāng frost<br /> <br /> 舉 jǔ lift<br /> <br /> 低 dī lower<br /> <br /> ===Li Bai: Thoughts in the Silent Night, poem 1===<br /> <br /> 靜夜思<br /> <br /> Jìngyè sī<br /> <br /> 床前明月光，<br /> <br /> Chuáng qián míng yuèguāng,<br /> <br /> 疑是地上霜。<br /> <br /> Yí shì dìshang shuāng.<br /> <br /> 舉頭望明月，<br /> <br /> Jǔtóu wàng míngyuè,<br /> <br /> 低頭思故鄉。<br /> <br /> Dītóu sī gùxiāng.<br /> <br /> ==TRANSLATION of poem 1==<br /> <br /> Moonlight reflects off the front of my bed.<br /> <br /> Could it actually be the frost on the ground?<br /> <br /> I look up to view the bright moon,<br /> <br /> And look down to reminisce about my hometown.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ==Vocabulary of poem 2==<br /> 土<br /> 下<br /> 日<br /> 中<br /> 午 wu<br /> 禾 hé grain<br /> 禾<br /> 汗<br /> 李<br /> 辛<br /> 苦<br /> 知<br /> 皆 jiē all<br /> 粒 lì grain 粒粒皆辛苦 Every single grain [is the fruit of] hard work.<br /> 粒<br /> 紳 Shēn (first name)<br /> 當 dāngwǔ 當午: noon <br /> 農 nóng farmer<br /> 滴<br /> 盤 pán plate, dish, tray<br /> 鋤 chú to hoe, to dig out (鋤禾 chúhé: to weed)<br /> 誰<br /> 憫 mǐn to sympathize with, to pity, to toil<br /> 餐<br /> <br /> ==Traditional Characters of Poem 2==<br /> 紳-绅<br /> <br /> 憫-悯<br /> <br /> 農-农<br /> <br /> 鋤-锄<br /> <br /> 當-当<br /> <br /> 誰-谁<br /> <br /> 盤-盘<br /> <br /> ==Pinyin transcription 憫農 (“Toiling Farmers”, by Li Shen)==<br /> <br /> 李紳 《憫農》<br /> <br /> Lǐ Shēn «Mǐn nóng»<br /> <br /> 鋤禾日當午，<br /> <br /> Chú hé rì dāngwǔ,<br /> <br /> 汗滴禾下土。<br /> <br /> Hàn dī hé xiàtǔ.<br /> <br /> 誰知盤中餐，<br /> <br /> Shéizhī pán zhōng cān,<br /> <br /> 粒粒皆辛苦。<br /> <br /> Lìlì jiē xīnkǔ.<br /> <br /> ==TRANSLATION of poem 2==<br /> <br /> Farmers weeding at noon,<br /> <br /> Sweat down the field soon.<br /> <br /> Who knows food on a tray<br /> <br /> Thanks to their toiling day?<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ==Example of poem 3==<br /> ==Characters 3==<br /> 王<br /> <br /> 天<br /> <br /> 水<br /> <br /> 毛<br /> <br /> 白<br /> <br /> 波<br /> <br /> 紅<br /> <br /> 浮 fú to float<br /> <br /> 清<br /> <br /> 項 xiàng neck<br /> <br /> 掌 zhǎng hand, claw<br /> <br /> 詠 yǒng ode<br /> <br /> 歌 gē to sing, the song<br /> <br /> 賓 Bīn (first name)<br /> <br /> 綠<br /> <br /> 撥 bō to push (e.g. water, waves)<br /> <br /> 曏 xiàng towards<br /> <br /> 駱 Luò (last name)<br /> <br /> 鵝 é goose<br /> <br /> 鵝<br /> <br /> 鵝<br /> <br /> 鵝<br /> <br /> 麴 qū to bend<br /> <br /> Wáng tiān shuǐ máo bái bō hóng fú qīng xiàng zhǎng yǒng gē bīn lǜ bō xiàng luò é é é é qū<br /> <br /> ==Traditional characters and their simplified versions of poem 3==<br /> 駱-骆 Luò<br /> <br /> 賓-宾 Bīn<br /> <br /> 詠-咏<br /> <br /> 鵝-鹅<br /> <br /> 麴-曲<br /> <br /> 項-项<br /> <br /> 曏-向<br /> <br /> 綠-绿<br /> <br /> 紅-红<br /> <br /> 撥-拨<br /> ==Luo Binwang: An Ode to the Goose: poem 3==<br /> 駱賓王: 詠鵝<br /> <br /> Luò Bīnwáng: Yǒng é<br /> <br /> 鵝、鵝、鵝，<br /> <br /> É, é, é,<br /> <br /> 麴項曏天歌。<br /> <br /> Qū xiàng xiàng tiān gē.<br /> <br /> 白毛浮綠水，<br /> <br /> Báimáo fú lǜshuǐ,<br /> <br /> 紅掌撥清波<br /> <br /> Hóng zhǎng bō qīng bō<br /> ==TRANSLATION of poem 3==<br /> <br /> Goose, goose, goose,<br /> <br /> You bend your neck towards the sky and sing.<br /> <br /> Your white feathers float on the emerald water,<br /> <br /> Your red feet push the clear waves.<br /> <br /> 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.</div>

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