咏柳

詠柳
Yǒngliǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Ode to the Willow, He Zhizhang's quatrain

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Yǒngliǔ 》 bǎ chūnfēng bǐzuò yì bǎ jiǎndāo.
'Ode to the Willow' compares the spring wind to a pair of scissors.
HSK 7-9
Chūntiān dào le, lǎoshī dài wǒmen yìbiān kàn liǔshù, yìbiān dú 《 Yǒngliǔ 》.
When spring came, our teacher took us to look at the willows while we read 'Ode to the Willow'.

Tips

culture
The whole poem, by 贺知章: 碧玉妆成一树高,万条垂下绿丝绦。不知细叶谁裁出,二月春风似剪刀。 'Dressed in green jade, one tall tree; ten thousand branches hang like green silk ribbons. Who cut out these fine leaves? The spring wind of the second month, like a pair of scissors.'
memory
咏 plus a thing is a common title pattern, 'ode to': 咏鹅 'Ode to the Goose', 咏梅 'Ode to the Plum Blossom'.

Stroke Order

咏 yǒng
柳 liǔ