bā zhèn tú (by Du Fu)
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| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 陣 or 阵 | zhèn | disposition of troops; short period; wave; spate; burst; spell |
| 圖 or 图 | tú | diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart |
| 功 | gōng | merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment |
| 蓋 or 盖 | gài, gě | (surname); lid; top; cover; canopy; to build |
| 三 | sān | three |
| 分 | fēn, fèn | to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of length = 0.33 centimeter); part |
| 國 or 国 | guó | country; state; nation |
| 名 | míng | name; (measure word for persons); place (e.g. among winners) |
| 成 | chèng | finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 陣 or 阵 | zhèn | disposition of troops; short period; wave; spate; burst; spell |
| 圖 or 图 | tú | diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart |
| 江 | jiāng | river |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move |
| 石 | dàn, shí | 10 pecks; rock; stone |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 轉 or 转 | zhuǎi, zhuǎn, zhuàn | to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to turn; to shift; show off with literary expressions; to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about |
| 遺 or 遗 | yí | to lose; to leave behind |
| 恨 | hèn | to hate |
| 失 | qù, shī | to lose; to miss; to fail; to go; to leave |
| 吞 | tūn | to swallow; to take |
| 吳 or 吴 | wú | (surname); province of Jiangsu |
A picture of eight waves
Three parts of the country are covered as by a canopy
Their names become a picture of eight waves
And the river flows and circles the stones
Hating to leave the kingdom behind
MP
A plan of eight bursts
Whose ultimate achievement is a nation of three parts,
A place to succeed, a plan of eight bursts,
Like a river flowing across stones
Leaving behind a hateful kingdom
IW
The eight-step plan
accomplished the division of the country into three parts
The eight-step plan moves on and does not stop
And leaves nothing behind
CMW
History of a quick census, or, It took eight weeks to complete the picture
What an achievement, to depict three quarters of the nation!
The diagram was completed by a group in three short weeks,
Like a river moving a rock, not circling around it.
Leave resentment behind, if you fail to cover the province of Wu.
TP
The eight armies
From a nation divided in three
King Ming forged eight armies. His armies were great.
They did not meander like a river.
They set firth, surged ahead, and captured the Wu kingdom.
LJW
Eight campaigns
What an accomplishment, to unite the three kingdoms.
The strategy called for eight campaigns.
A river flows past, but does not disturb the rocks on its bed.
Such regret that the kingdom of Wu was lost!
DJW