dēng guàn qiāo lóu (by Wang Zhihuan)
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| 登 | dēng | scale; climb; ascend; mount; go up; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record |
| 鸛 | guàn | crane; stork |
| 雀 | qiāo, qiǎo, què | lentigo; bird |
| 樓 or 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor |
| 白 | bái | white; snowy; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
| 日 | rì | Japan; day; sun; date; day of the month |
| 依 | yī | according to; depend on; near to |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill |
| 盡 or 尽 | jìn | to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
| 黃 or 黄 | huáng | (surname); sulfur; yellow |
| 河 | hé | river |
| 入 | rù | to enter |
| 海 | hǎi | ocean; sea |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move |
| 欲 | yù | desire; longing; appetite; wish |
| 窮 or 穷 | qióng | exhausted; poor |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 里 | lǐ | Chinese mile; neighborhood |
| 目 | mù | eye; item |
| 更 | gēng, gèng | more; even more; further; still; still more; to change |
| 上 | shàng | on; on top; upon; first (of two parts); previous or last (week, etc.); upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; above; to go up |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a(n) |
| 層 or 层 | céng | a measure word for layers; laminated; repeated; floor; story (of a building); layer |
| 樓 or 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor |
Climbing Stork Tower
Bright sun sets behind mountain,
Yellow river flows into the sea.
If you want to see further than 1000 miles
Climb one floor higher.
DJW
The crane and the sparrow
Near the tower on the hill, one snowy day,
The yellow river empties into the sea
Filled with a thousand wishes from the poor
Even higher than the tall buildings.
IW