Chinese Classical Poem --004: Chun Xiao

LISTEN-TEXT:

Hi, Friends, today, I would like to introduce another Chinese classical poem -- Chun Xiao for you. Chun Xiao was written by a Tang dynasty poet Meng Haoran (689 - 740). He was one of the founders of landscape genre, also to be called "Wang,Meng" with the other founder -- Wangwei together.



THE MAIN MEANING OF THE POEM:

I slept like a log in the spring night,
I did not feel it has got dawning.
The songs of birds,
Can be heard there and here,
Thinking of the wind and rain,
How many flowers have been down in the night.

CHINESE PRONUNCIATION LISTEN-TEXT:

Chun1 mian2 bu4 jue2 xiao3,
Chu4 chu4 wen2 ti2 niao4銆�

Ye4 lai2 feng1 yu3 sheng1,
Hua1 luo4 zhi1 duo1 shao3銆�

NEW WORDS:
chun1:spring
mian2: sleep
bu4: do not know
jue2: feel
xiao3:dawn
chu4 chu4:everywhere
wen2:hear
ti2 niao3: bird sing
ti2:sing, shout
niao3:bird
ye4 lai2: in the night, last night
ye4: night
feng1:wind
yu3:rain
sheng1sound
hua1flower
luo4down
zhi1know
duo1 shao3:how many
duo1many
shao3less

CHINESE CHARACTERS LISTEN-TEXT:

鏄ユ檽

鏄ョ湢涓嶈�夋檽锛�
澶勫�勯椈鍟奸笩銆�
澶滄潵椋庨洦闊筹紝
鑺辫惤鐭ュ�氬皯銆�

This is also a Jue Ju, but, it is different from the others that we have learned before, because in this poem, every line has 5 words. So, it is called "Wu Yan Jue Ju" -- "wu", five, "yang", word, every sentence has 5 words.

Ok, that is too much. I really hope that you enjoy it. I do hope this introduction is able to help you to improve your Chinese level.

Thanks for coming to my world. If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, Please write to me shirley@ ebridge.cn. You are welcomed.

-- Shirley
Written/Edited and Recorded on Sat. July 30, 2005