Word: 诗 (shī)

中国诗歌以李白的诗最为有名。

Zhōngguó shīgē yǐ Lǐ Bái de shī zuìwéi yǒumíng.

Li Bai's work is the most famous of Chinese poetry.

他似乎无法理解那首诗。

Tā sìhū wúfǎ lǐjiě nà shǒu shī.

He can't seem to understand that poem.

他又读了一遍诗。

Tā yòu dúle yíbiàn shī.

He read the poem again.

他把诗翻译成英语。

Tā bǎ shī fānyì chéng Yīngyǔ.

He translated the verse into English.

他的女儿能背诵很多诗。

Tā de nǚ'ér néng bèisòng hěn duō shī.

His daughter is able to recite a lot of poems.

他要把这首诗翻译成英文。

Tā yào bǎ zhè shǒu shī fānyì chéng Yīngwén.

He's going to translate this poem into English.

他读诗的时候，很讲究平仄。

Tā dú shī de shíhou, hěn jiǎngjiu píngzè.

When he reads poetry, he is very particular about level and oblique tones.

你喜欢宋朝的诗吗？

Nǐ xǐhuan sòngcháo de shī ma?

Do you like Song dynasty poetry?

你觉得这些诗怎么样？

Nǐ juéde zhèxiē shī zěnmeyàng?

What do you think of these poems?

她写了好多诗。

Tā xiěle hǎoduō shī.

She wrote a lot of poems.

她嘲笑我的诗。

Tā cháoxiào wǒ de shī.

She scoffed at my poem.

她念诗的声音很有韵律。

Tā niàn shī de shēngyīn hěn yǒu yùnlǜ.

Her voice has a lovely cadence when she reads poems.

她翻译了一首诗。

Tā fānyìle yì shǒu shī.

She translated a poem.

好诗不一定要堆砌辞藻。

Hǎo shī bù yídìng yào duīqì cízǎo.

A good poem doesn't have to pile up fancy wording.

婉约的诗常常写爱情和思念。

Wǎnyuē de shī chángcháng xiě àiqíng hé sīniàn.

Graceful, restrained poems often write about love and longing.

学生们用心学习了很多首诗。

Xuéshengmen yòngxīn xuéxíle hěn duō shǒu shī.

The students learned many poems by heart.

我们把这首诗背下来吧。

Wǒmen bǎ zhè shǒu shī bèi xiàlai ba.

Let's learn this poem by heart.

晚会上，爷爷朗诵了一首诗。

Wǎnhuì shàng, yéye lǎngsòngle yì shǒu shī.

At the party, Grandpa read a poem aloud.

有诗曰：床前明月光。

Yǒu shī yuē: chuáng qián míng yuèguāng.

A poem says: bright moonlight before my bed.

李白写过很多关于月亮的诗。

Lǐ Bái xiěguo hěn duō guānyú yuèliang de shī.

Li Bai wrote many poems about the moon.

杜甫的诗常常写出老百姓的苦。

Dù Fǔ de shī chángcháng xiě chū lǎobǎixìng de kǔ.

Du Fu's poems often describe the hardships of ordinary people.

淡淡的乡愁让这首诗很动人。

Dàndàn de xiāngchóu ràng zhè shǒu shī hěn dòngrén.

A faint sense of homesickness makes this poem very moving.

画家想画出诗里的意境。

Huàjiā xiǎng huà chū shī lǐ de yìjìng.

The painter wants to capture the artistic mood of the poem.

窗外的明月，像一首安静的诗。

Chuāng wài de míngyuè, xiàng yì shǒu ānjìng de shī.

The bright moon outside the window is like a quiet poem.

老师给我们讲了这句诗里的典故。

Lǎoshī gěi wǒmen jiǎngle zhè jù shī lǐ de diǎngù.

The teacher told us about the allusion in this line of poetry.

诗中的杨柳，总是和离别有关。

Shī zhōng de yángliǔ, zǒngshì hé líbié yǒuguān.

The willows in poems are always connected with parting.

请把这首诗跟昨天学的那首比较一下。

Qǐng bǎ zhè shǒu shī gēn zuótiān xué de nà shǒu bǐjiào yíxià.

Please compare this poem to the one we studied yesterday.

读了这首诗，你有乡愁吗？

Dúle zhè shǒu shī, nǐ yǒu xiāngchóu ma?

After reading this poem, do you feel homesick?

读这首诗要慢慢品味。

Dú zhè shǒu shī yào mànmàn pǐnwèi.

You have to read this poem slowly to appreciate it.

谁诗你最喜欢的老师？

Shéi shī nǐ zuì xǐhuan de lǎoshī?

Who's your favorite teacher?

这句诗是他最喜欢的一句名句。

Zhè jù shī shì tā zuì xǐhuan de yíjù míngjù.

This line of poetry is his favorite famous line.

这句诗的出处是哪里？

Zhè jù shī de chūchǔ shì nǎlǐ?

Where does this line of poetry come from?

这句话出自一首老诗。

Zhè jù huà chūzì yì shǒu lǎo shī.

This line comes from an old poem.

这是一首很棒的诗。

Zhè shì yì shǒu hěn bàng de shī.

That's a great poem.

这首诗是唐朝写的吗？

Zhè shǒu shī shì tángcháo xiě de ma?

Was this poem written in the Tang dynasty?

这首诗本来是用法文写的。

Zhè shǒu shī běnlái shì yòng Fǎwén xiě de.

This poem was originally written in French.

这首诗歌颂了母亲的爱。

Zhè shǒu shī gēsòngle mǔqīn de ài.

This poem sings the praises of a mother's love.

这首诗的意境非常优美。

Zhè shǒu shī de yìjìng fēicháng yōuměi.

The mood of this poem is very beautiful.

这首诗的意蕴很深。

Zhè shǒu shī de yìyùn hěn shēn.

This poem has a very deep inner meaning.

这首诗的韵律很整齐。

Zhè shǒu shī de yùnlǜ hěn zhěngqí.

The rhyme scheme of this poem is very regular.

那首诗是他一生的写照。

Nà shǒu shī shì tā yìshēng de xiězhào.

That poem is a portrait of his whole life.