jiǔ yuè September; ninth month (of the lunar year)

jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王维)

shān dōng Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 鲁, capital 济南

xiōng dì brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal

wáng wéi Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet

dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè a stranger in a strange land (Tang poet Wang Wei's 王维)

yì xiāng foreign land; a place far from home

měi féng every time; on each occasion; whenever

měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (Tang poet Wang Wei's 王维 remembering his brother)

jiā jié festive day; holiday

sī qīn to remember one's parents; to feel homesick for one's relatives

gāo chù high place; elevation

biàn times

chā insert

zhū yú Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel dogwood, a kind of herb)

shǎo few

shào young

yī one

rén person