梦游天姥吟留别

夢遊天姥吟留別

mèngyóutiānmǔyínliúbié

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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。

《Mèng Yóu Tiānmǔ Yín Liú Bié》 shì Lǐ Bái 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 《Mèng Yóu Tiānmǔ Yín Liú Bié》 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 mǔ

吟 yín

留 liú

别 bié