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春江潮水连海平，海上明月共潮生。 滟滟随波千万里，何处春江无月明。 江流宛转绕芳甸，月照花林皆似霰。 空里流霜不觉飞，汀上白沙看不见。 江天一色无纤...

The poem depicts a moonlit night on the spring river, blending natural scenery with philosophical reflections on eternity and human life, and...

空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。 明月松间照，清泉石上流。 竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。 随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。

After a fresh rain in the quiet mountains, the autumn evening brings coolness. Moonlight filters through pines, clear streams flow over rocks....

床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头思故乡。

The night is deep. Cool moonlight spills across the floor before the bed, and in a daze one might take it for frost frozen on the ground. I ca...

白日依山尽，黄河入海流。 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。

The poet describes a vast sunset scene and draws the inspirational lesson that to see further one must climb higher.

红豆生南国，春来发几枝。 愿君多采撷，此物最相思。

Red beans grow in the warm south; when spring comes, they sprout new branches. I hope you will pick many, for they best express longing.

春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟。 夜来风雨声，花落知多少。

In the spring night, one sleeps soundly, unaware that dawn has broken; upon waking, one hears birds singing everywhere. Recalling the wind and...

故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。 孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见长江天际流。

An old friend bids farewell at Yellow Crane Tower and travels east to Yangzhou in the misty spring of March. As his sail fades into the distan...

日照香炉生紫烟，遥看瀑布挂前川。 飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。

The poet looks at the waterfall from afar: in the sunlight, mist rises like purple smoke from Censer Peak, and the waterfall hangs like a whit...

两个黄鹂鸣翠柳，一行白鹭上青天。 窗含西岭千秋雪，门泊东吴万里船。

This quatrain presents four vivid scenes from Du Fu's thatched cottage: orioles singing in willows, egrets flying into the sky, snow-capped we...

好雨知时节，当春乃发生。 随风潜入夜，润物细无声。 野径云俱黑，江船火独明。 晓看红湿处，花重锦官城。

A timely spring rain falls quietly at night, nourishing all things. The poet imagines that at dawn the city of Chengdu will be full of heavy,...

月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。 姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。

The waning moon has set, crows cry in the night sky, and cold frost fills the air. Facing the maples by the river and the fishing lights, I am...

葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲饮琵琶马上催。 醉卧沙场君莫笑，古来征战几人回。

The poet describes a momentary feast before battle, where soldiers indulge in wine amidst the urgent call of the pipa. He dismisses any mocker...

秦时明月汉时关，万里长征人未还。 但使龙城飞将在，不教胡马度阴山。

The moon and the pass remain the same as in the Qin and Han dynasties, yet the soldiers who marched thousands of miles have never returned. If...

独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。 遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。

The poet, far from home during the Double Ninth Festival, expresses his intensified longing for his family, imagining his brothers missing him...

朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还。 两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山。

At dawn, I bid farewell to White Emperor City surrounded by colorful clouds. Traveling downstream, I reach Jiangling, a thousand miles away, i...

明月几时有？把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间。 转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。不应有恨...

On a Mid-Autumn Festival night, Su Shi drinks and thinks of his brother. He asks the moon about its origins, considers flying to the celestial...

大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。乱石穿空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画，一时多少豪杰。 遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，...

Standing at the Red Cliff, the poet reflects on the passage of time and the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, especially Zhou Yu. This contrasts w...

寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚戚。乍暖还寒时候，最难将息。三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他、晚来风急？雁过也，正伤心，却是旧时相识。 满地黄花堆积。憔悴损，如今...

The poetess, late in life and lonely after losing her husband and nation, describes her restless search for solace, only to find desolation. S...