This vocabulary list is aimed to help you understand Ancient Chinese poetry better.

Ancient Chinese Poetry

春晓 Chūn xiǎo
孟浩然 Mèng hào rán

Sleepy in the spring, before you know it, the dawn has broken

春眠不觉晓
Chūn mián bù jué xiǎo

It's the chirping bird that disturbs my sleep

夜来风雨声
Yè lái fēng yǔ shēng

花落知多少
Huā luò zhī duō shǎo

This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
Not to awake till the birds are crying.
After one night of wind and showers,
How many are fallen flowers?

春眠不觉晓
处处闻啼鸟
夜来风雨声
花落知多少

Poem Thoughts in the Still of the Night by Li Bai

床前明月光 chuáng qián míng yuè guāng

疑是地上霜 yí shì dì shàng shuāng

举头望明月 jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè

Thoughts in the Still of the Night
A pool of moonlight before the bed,
Took it to be frost on the ground.
Raised my head to gaze at the moon,
And lowered it to think of home.

静夜思
床前明月光
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月
低头思故乡。

登鹳雀楼 dēng guàn què lóu
王之涣 wáng zhī huàn

黄河入海流 huánɡ hé rù hǎi liú

欲穷千里目 yù qiónɡ qiān lǐ mù

更上一层楼 gèng shàng yī céng lóu

The sun beyond the mountain glows;
The Yellow River seawards flows.
You can enjoy a grander sight
By climbing to a greater height.

白日依山尽，
黄河入海流。
欲穷千里目，
更上一层楼。

Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple
（Wall）

题西林壁 tí xī lín bì
苏轼 sū shì
（墙壁 qiáng bì）

It’s a range viewed in face and peaks viewed from the side

横看成岭侧成峰 héng kàn chéng lǐng cè chéng fēng

Assuming different shapes viewed from far and wide

远近高低各不同 yuǎn jìn gāo dī gè bù tóng

one's true self; true features; true colours

Of Mountain Lu we cannot make out the true face

不识庐山真面目 bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù

lot or luck by which people are brought together

For we are lost in the heart of the very place

只缘身在此山中 zhǐ yuán shēn zài cǐ shān zhōng

It’s a range viewed in face and peaks viewed from the side,
Assuming different shapes viewed from far and wide.
Of Mountain Lu we cannot make out the true face,
For we are lost in the heart of the very place.

横看成岭侧成峰 héng kàn chéng lǐng cè chéng fēng
远近高低各不同 yuǎn jìn gāo dī gè bù tóng
不识庐山真面目 bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù
只缘身在此山中 zhǐ yuán shēn zài cǐ shān zhōng

谁知盘中餐 shéi zhī pán zhōng cān