memorables

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  1. 绕口令 tongue twister

四是四，十是十；十四是十四，四十是四十；十四不是四十，四十不是十四。

2. 顾城(1956–1993)的《远与近》

  • 你，一会儿(huǐr)看我，You look at me for a while,
  • 一会儿看云(yún)；and look at the cloud for a while
  • 我觉得，你看我时/很远(yuǎn)；I feel you are far away when you look at me
  • 你看云时/很近(jìn)。but very close when you look at the cloud

3.《画》字谜 a riddle

  • 远看/山(shān)有色，Seen from afar, the mountain is colorful
  • 近听/水无(wú)声(shēng)；Heard from close, the river has no sound
  • 春(chūn)去/花(huā)还在，With spring gone, flowers still remain
  • 人来/鸟(niǎo)不惊(jīng)。When people come, birds remain undisturbed

4. 李白(701–762, 唐)《静夜思》

  • 床(chuáng)前/明月光(guāng)，Bright moon light in front of the bed
  • 疑(yí)是/地上霜(shuāng)；Likely to be confused with frost on the ground
  • 举(jǚ)头/(tóu)望(wàng)明月，With head raised I gaze at the moon
  • 低(dī)头/思故乡(gù xiāng)。With head lowered I think of home

5. 李之仪(1038～1117, 宋) 我住长江头

  • 我住/长江(jiāng)头，I reside at the head of the Yangtze River
  • 君(jūn)住/长江尾(weǐ)；You reside at the tail of the Yangtze River
  • 日日思君/不见(jiàn)君，Everyday I see you not while thinking of you
  • 共饮(yǐn)/长江水。When we both drink from the Yangtze River

6. 李清照(1084~1155, 宋) 《夏日绝句》

  • 生当/作人杰(jié)，In life, one ought to act like a warrior among people
  • 死亦(yì)/为鬼(guǐ)雄(xióng)；In death, one should also be a hero among ghosts
  • 至(zhì)今/思项羽(Xiàng Yǔ)，Even today, I still think of Xiang Yu
  • 不肯(kěn)/过江(jiāng)东。Unwilling to move to east side of the river in retreat.

7. 孟浩然(689—740, 唐)

  • 春眠(mián)/不觉晓(xiǎo)，Spring slumber, not awake at dawn
  • 处处(chù)/闻(wén)啼(tí)鸟(niǎo)；Hearing birds sing everywhere
  • 夜(yè)来/风(fēng)雨(yǔ)声(shēng)，With the sound of wind and rain last night
  • 花(huā)落(luò)/知(zhī)多少。How many flowers have fallen?

8. 孟郊(751–814, 唐)《游子吟》the song of a wanderer

  • 慈母(cí mǔ)/手(shǒu)中线(xiàn)， The threads in the hand of kind mother
  • 游(yóu)子/身上衣；the shirt for the wandering son
  • 临(lín)行/密密(mìmì)缝(féng)，sewn densely before his departure,
  • 意恐(kǒng)/迟迟(chíchí)归(guī)；worried about his return no time soon;
  • 谁言(yán)/寸(cùn)草(cǎo)心(xīn)，who can speak for inch-tall green grass
  • 报(bào)得/三春晖(huī)。filled with gratitude for the sunshine of past springs.

9. 《别》

  • 你走了，没有留下地址，只留下一串笑容在夕阳里
  • 你走了，没有说去哪里，只留下一双眼睛在露珠里
  • 你走了，没有和谁说起，只留下一排影子在河水里
  • 你走了，笑容融化在夕阳里，眼睛动荡在露珠里，影子摇晃在小河里。
    • 哪里都有夕阳，哪里都有露珠，哪里都有河水；
  • 你走了，留下了整个的你。

10. 泰戈尔 (1861年–1941) 《世界上最远的距离》