梦游天姥吟留别

夢遊天姥吟留別
Mèngyóu Tiānmǔ yín liúbié
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 "Dream Journey to Mount Tianmu: A Song of Parting", celebrated poem by Li Bai
  2. 2 a Tang-dynasty fantasia in which the poet dreams his way into a mountain's sky and wakes spurning the powerful

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Mèngyóu Tiānmǔ yín liúbié 》 shì Lǐ Bái zuì qíhuàn de yì shǒu shī.
'Dream Journey to Mount Tianmu' is Li Bai's most fantastical poem.
HSK 7-9
Gāozhōng yǔwén kèběn lǐ yǒu 《 Mèngyóu Tiānmǔ yín liúbié 》 de quánwén.
The high-school Chinese textbook includes the full text of 'Dream Journey to Mount Tianmu.'

Tips

history
梦游天姥吟留别 by 李白 (Li Bai, Tang dynasty, c. 746), written as he left 东鲁 for his southern travels after being dismissed from court. Closes with the famous roar: 安能摧眉折腰事权贵,使我不得开心颜 ('How can I stoop and break my back to serve the powerful, and lose the smile from my face!')
usage
天姥 is read Tiānmǔ ( = mǔ here, not lǎo). Mount Tianmu is a real range in 新昌 Xinchang, Zhejiang. (yín) and 留别 (farewell poem) are both poetic-genre markers in the title.

Stroke Order

mèng
yóu
tiān
lǎo
yín
liú
bié