tuī qiāo to think over

táng cháo Tang dynasty (618-907)

gè piece

shī rén bard; poet

jiào call

yǒu yī tiān one day

yī tiān one day

tā he

qí ride on

máo lǘ donkey

lù shang on the road; on a journey; road surface

yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face

zǒu walk

zuò shī poetry

sù lodge

xiǔ night

xiù constellation

xià down

mén door

hái shi or; still; nevertheless; had better

ne (particle.) ne

ní woollen

zhè shí at this time; at this moment

hán yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文运动 and neoclassical 复古 movements

gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be; just recovered

jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course

le (particle, completion)

liǎo understand

zhè lǐ here

nǐ you

wèi shén me why?; for what reason?

shén me what?; who?; something; anything

dǎng lù blocking the way

zhēn real

bào qiàn to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!

zhèng zài in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)

xiǎng think

wŏ de my; mine

méi have not

mò sink

zhù yì to take note of; to pay attention to

dào reach

nín you (polite)

jiāng shall

jiàng a general

zì jǐ oneself; one's own

yí wèn question; interrogation; doubt

gào su to tell; to inform; to let know

yòng use

zì character

yè wǎn night

niǎo r bird

chí táng pool; pond

shù shàng On the tree; in the tree

shuì zháo to fall asleep

sēng rén a monk

sì temple

shēng yīn voice; sound

gèng further

gēng change

néng ability

xiǎn chū to express; to exhibit

yuè yè moonlit night

jìng quiet