梦游天姥吟留别

夢遊天姥吟留別

mèngyóutiānmǔyínliúbié

proper noun

Meanings

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

Characters

heaven (part of placename)

姥

mǔ

(part of placename Tianmu)

Examples

《梦游天姥吟留别》是李白最奇幻的一首诗。

《 Mèngyóutiānmǔyínliúbié 》 shì Lǐbái zuì qíhuàn de yī shǒu shī.

'Dream Journey to Mount Tianmu' is Li Bai's most fantastical poem.

高中语文课本里有《梦游天姥吟留别》的全文。

Gāozhōng yǔwén kèběn lǐ yǒu 《 Mèngyóutiānmǔyínliúbié 》 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 (姥 = mǔ here, not lǎo). Mount Tianmu is a real range in 新昌 Xinchang, Zhejiang. 吟 (yín) and 留别 (farewell poem) are both poetic-genre markers in the title.

Stroke Order

梦 mèng

游 yóu

天 tiān

姥 lǎo

吟 yín

留 liú

别 bié