问刘十九

問劉十九
Wèn Liú Shíjiǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 A Question for Liu the Nineteenth, Bai Juyi's quatrain inviting a friend over for wine on a snowy evening

Examples

HSK 4
Xiàxuě de wǎnshang, wǒ xiǎngqǐ le Bái Jūyì de 《 Wèn Liú Shíjiǔ 》, jiù yuē péngyou lái jiālǐ hējiǔ.
On a snowy evening I remembered Bai Juyi's 'A Question for Liu the Nineteenth' and invited a friend over for a drink.
HSK 5
《 Wèn Liú Shíjiǔ 》 zhǐyǒu èrshí ge zì, què xiě de hěn wēnnuǎn.
A Question for Liu the Nineteenth has only twenty characters, yet it feels very warm.

Tips

usage
刘十九 is not a full name: Liu was the nineteenth of his generation in his clan, and Tang friends often called each other by such ranking numbers, as Bai Juyi called 元稹 元九.
culture
The whole poem: 绿蚁新醅酒,红泥小火炉。晚来天欲雪,能饮一杯无? 'New wine green with froth, a little stove of red clay. Evening comes and it looks like snow: will you drink a cup with me?'

Stroke Order

问 wèn
刘 Liú
十 shí
九 jiǔ