- 一春yì chūn
- yī chūn: the whole spring.一春:整个春天。
- 长费cháng fèi
- cháng fèi: always spending. Cháng here means "often, always".长费:常常花掉。长,同“常”。
- 买花钱mǎi huā qián
- mǎi huā qián: money for buying flowers. Here it means money spent on outings, wine and flowers in general.买花钱:买花的钱。这里泛指游玩、喝酒、赏花的花费。
- 醉花边zuì huā biān
- zuì huā biān: getting drunk beside the flowers.醉花边:在花丛旁边喝醉。
- 玉骢yù cōng
- yù cōng: a fine horse with bluish-white hair. Cōng is a horse of that color.玉骢:毛色青白相间的好马。骢,青白色的马。
- 惯识guàn shí
- guàn shí: knows well from going so often.惯识:走惯了,认得。
- 西湖xī hú
- xī hú: West Lake, in today's Hangzhou, Zhejiang. In the Southern Song it was the busiest place for outings, right by the capital.西湖:在今天浙江杭州,南宋时是都城旁最热闹的游玩地方。
- 骄嘶jiāo sī
- jiāo sī: the horse neighs proudly. Sī is a horse's neigh.骄嘶:马神气地叫着。嘶,马叫。
- 沽酒gū jiǔ
- gū jiǔ: selling wine; it can also mean buying wine.沽酒:卖酒,也可以指买酒。
- 垆lú
- lú: the earth counter in a wine shop where the wine jars stood. Here it stands for the wine shop.垆:酒店里放酒坛的土台子,这里代指酒店。
- 箫鼓xiāo gǔ
- xiāo gǔ: flutes and drums, that is, music.箫鼓:吹箫打鼓,指音乐声。
- 绿杨lǜ yáng
- lǜ yáng: green willows.绿杨:绿色的杨柳。
- 秋千qiū qiān
- qiū qiān: a swing. In old times girls often played on swings around the Qingming season.秋千:荡秋千。古时清明前后,女子常在这时荡秋千。
- 十里shí lǐ
- shí lǐ: "ten li", meaning a wide stretch, everywhere.十里:形容范围很大,到处都是。
- 丽人天lì rén tiān
- lì rén tiān: fine weather when pretty women come out to enjoy spring. Lì rén means a beautiful woman.丽人天:美丽的女子出来游春的好天气。丽人,美女。
- 花压髻云偏huā yā jì yún piān
- huā yā jì yún piān: the flowers in her hair are so many that they weigh her cloud-like bun to one side. Jì is hair coiled up on the head.花压髻云偏:头上插的花很多,把像云一样的发髻都压歪了。髻,盘在头顶的头发。
- 画船huà chuán
- huà chuán: a pleasure boat painted and decorated.画船:装饰得很漂亮的游船。
- 载取春归去zài qǔ chūn guī qù
- zài qǔ chūn guī qù: carrying spring home on the boat. Qǔ is a helper word with no real meaning here.载取春归去:把春天装在船上带回去。取,助词,没有实在意思。
- 余情yú qíng
- yú qíng: the joy that is left over, not yet used up.余情:没有尽的兴致。
- 寄jì
- jì: to leave in the care of, to hand over to.寄:寄托,交给。
- 湖烟hú yān
- hú yān: the mist over the lake.湖烟:湖上的雾气。
- 重扶残醉chóng fú cán zuì
- chóng fú cán zuì: coming again, still a little drunk from yesterday. Cán zuì is drunkenness not yet slept off.重扶残醉:带着还没醒透的醉意,再一次来。扶,带着、支撑着。残醉,还没醒尽的醉意。
- 陌上mò shàng
- mò shàng: on the road. Mò is a path between fields; here it just means the road.陌上:路上。陌,田间小路,这里泛指路。
- 花钿huā diàn
- huā diàn: a flower-shaped hair ornament worn by women. Here it means ornaments dropped on the road by women out enjoying spring, and hints at the women themselves.花钿:女子戴的花形首饰。这里指游春女子掉在路上的首饰,也暗指那些游春的女子。