Wenyan

The Greatest Music Is Almost Silent

dà大1

yīn音2

xī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

nù怒1

fà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

wèi畏1

tiān天2

zhě者3

yě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

yǔ雨2

piāo飘3

yáo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

qí其1

zhèng正2

sè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]