威加海内兮归故乡

威加海內兮歸故鄉
wēi jiā hǎinèi xī guī gùxiāng
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 my might spread over all within the seas, I return to my home

Examples

HSK 7-9
Liú Bāng píngdìng pànluàn hòu huídào jiāxiāng, chàngchū le " wēi jiā hǎinèi xī guī gùxiāng ".
Having put down a rebellion, Liu Bang went back to his hometown and sang 'my might spread over all within the seas, I return to my home'.

Tips

grammar
兮 is a pause sung in the middle of the line, with no meaning of its own, common in the songs of Chu. 海内, 'within the seas', is the whole realm. The line sits between 大风起兮云飞扬 and 安得猛士兮守四方 in 刘邦's 大风歌: the triumph, after the storm and before the worry.

Stroke Order

威 wēi
加 jiā
海 hǎi
内 nèi
兮 xī
归 guī
故 gù
乡 xiāng