闲敲棋子落灯花

閒敲棋子落燈花
xián qiāo qízǐ luò dēnghuā
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 idly tapping the chess pieces, I watch the burnt wick fall from the lamp

Examples

HSK 6
Děng péngyou děngdào shēnyè, tā xiǎngqǐ le " xián qiāo qízǐ luò dēnghuā " zhè jù shī.
Waiting up for a friend late into the night, he remembered the line 'idly tapping the chess pieces, I watch the burnt wick fall from the lamp'.

Tips

history
The last line of 赵师秀's 约客. In the plum-rain season a friend who promised to come has still not arrived after midnight; the host taps the chess pieces, and the charred wick, the 灯花 'lamp flower', drops from the oil lamp. The waiting is never named, only shown.

Stroke Order

闲 xián
敲 qiāo
棋 qí
子 zǐ
落 luò
灯 dēng
花 huā