Wenyan

The Greatest Music Is Almost Silent

dàh大1

īn音2

shī希3

shēng声4

The greatest music has the subtlest, most sparing sound.

1. great, greatest

2. sound, music

3. rare, scarcely heard

4. sound, tone

Hair Standing on End with Rage

nùh怒1

fàh发2

chōng冲3

guān冠4

So furious that his hair stood on end and pushed up his cap.

1. anger, fury

2. hair

3. to rush upward, to surge, to thrust

4. cap, crown

Reverence for Heaven

wèy畏1

tiān天2

jěe者3

yěe也4

He is one who reveres Heaven.

3. (это) тот, кто (one who, those who [nominalizing particle])

1. боится (to fear, to stand in awe of, to respect)

2. Тяня (Tian)

4. final assertion particle

Tossed by Wind and Rain

fēng风1

yeǔ雨2

piāu飘3

yáu摇4

Buffeted and swaying in the wind and rain — in a precarious, turbulent state.

1. wind

2. rain

3. to flutter, to drift, to toss about

4. to shake, to sway

True color

chyí其1

jènq正2

sèh色3

yé邪4

Is that its true color?

1. действительно ли это • modal particle [expressing uncertainty, supposition, or wonder: 'perhaps', 'is it truly']

2. истинный • true, proper, genuine

3. цвет • color, appearance

4. final modal particle [expressing doubt or a rhetorical question, equivalent to 耶]