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zuì醉chuí垂biān鞭·shuāng双dié蝶xiù绣luó罗qún裙

zhāng张xiān先Zhang Xian · Song宋

Zui Chui Bian: A Silk Skirt Stitched with Two Butterflies

shuāng双dié蝶xiù绣luó罗qún裙

dōng东chí池yàn宴

chū初xiāng相jiàn见

zhū朱fěn粉bù不shēn深yún匀

xián闲huā花dàn淡dàn淡chūn春

xì细kàn看zhū诸chù处hǎo好

rén人rén人dào道

liǔ柳yāo腰shēn身

zuó昨rì日luàn乱shān山hūn昏

lái来shí时yī衣shàng上yún云

Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。

Line by line逐句翻译

双蝶绣罗裙Her silk skirt is stitched with a pair of butterflies.她的丝绸裙子上绣着一对蝴蝶。
东池宴At the banquet by the east pond,在东池边的酒宴上，
初相见I saw her for the first time.我第一次见到她。
朱粉不深匀Her rouge and powder were only lightly applied,她的胭脂香粉抹得很淡，
闲花淡淡春like a quiet little flower with a faint touch of spring.像一朵安静的小花，带着淡淡的春意。
细看诸处好Look closely, and every part of her is lovely;仔细看去，她处处都好，
人人道everyone says人人都说，
柳腰身her waist is as slender as a willow.她的腰像柳枝一样细软。
昨日乱山昏Yesterday at dusk, when the jumbled hills grew dim,昨天傍晚，重重的山昏暗下来，
来时衣上云she came with clouds from the hills still on her clothes.她来的时候，衣服上好像还带着山里的云。

Words字词注释

罗裙luó qún: luó qún: a silk skirt. Luó is a light, soft silk.罗裙：丝绸做的裙子。罗，一种轻软的丝织品。
东池宴dōng chí yàn: dōng chí yàn: a banquet by the east pond.东池宴：在东边池塘旁摆的酒宴。
朱粉zhū fěn: zhū fěn: rouge and face powder, that is, makeup. Zhū means red.朱粉：胭脂和香粉，就是化妆用的东西。朱，红色。
不深匀bù shēn yún: bù shēn yún: not put on thickly, just a light touch of makeup.不深匀：没有抹得很浓，只是淡淡地化了一点妆。
闲花xián huā: xián huā: wild flowers blooming quietly, not showing off.闲花：安安静静开着的野花，不争艳。
诸处zhū chù: zhū chù: every part, here every part of her.诸处：各个地方，这里指她身上处处。
人人道rén rén dào: rén rén dào: everyone says.人人道：人人都说。
柳腰身liǔ yāo shēn: liǔ yāo shēn: a waist as slender and supple as a willow branch.柳腰身：腰像柳枝一样细软。
乱山昏luàn shān hūn: luàn shān hūn: the jumbled hills growing dim at dusk.乱山昏：重重叠叠的山在傍晚昏暗下来。
衣上云yī shàng yún: yī shàng yún: her clothes seem to carry clouds from the hills. One reading says her clothes were embroidered with cloud patterns.衣上云：她衣服上好像带着山里的云。一说她的衣服上绣着云彩花纹。

Background创作背景

This ci shows the poet meeting a singing girl for the first time at a banquet and being drawn to her. At Song banquets, singing girls often performed songs, and poets often wrote lyrics for them. Who she was and when the ci was written are not known.

这首词写词人在一次酒宴上第一次见到一位歌女，被她吸引。宋代的酒宴上常有歌女唱歌助兴，词人也常为她们写词。这位女子是谁，这首词写于哪一年，都已经说不清了。

The poet作者

Zhang Xian (990–1078) was a Northern Song ci poet who lived to almost ninety. He was famous for writing about shadows, as in his line about clouds parting and flowers playing with their shadows in the moonlight, so people called him "Three-Shadows Zhang". He wrote many short ci for banquets and singing girls, fresh in language and often with a line that surprises you.

张先（990—1078），字子野，北宋词人，活到快九十岁。他特别会写“影”，比如“云破月来花弄影”，所以人们叫他“张三影”。他写了很多为酒宴和歌女作的小词，语言清新，常有让人眼前一亮的句子。

The mood意境

This ci is like a portrait. First the skirt: silk, stitched with two butterflies, quietly hinting at a wish to be a pair. Then the place they met: a banquet by the east pond. Her makeup is light, like a little flower that does not show off, with a hint of spring. The second half says every part of her is lovely, and everyone praises her willow-slim waist. The last two lines are the most famous and the most mysterious. Yesterday at dusk the hills grew dim, and when she came, her clothes seemed to carry clouds from the hills. Suddenly she seems like a fairy stepping out of the mountains. The poet never says outright how beautiful she is. With one cloud, he leaves us endless room to imagine.

这首词像一幅人物画。先画裙子：丝绸裙上绣着一对蝴蝶，也悄悄暗示着成双成对的心愿。然后写见面的地方：东池边的酒宴。她化妆很淡，像一朵不争艳的小花，带着一点春天的味道。下片说她处处都好，人人都夸她腰细如柳。最后两句最有名，也最神秘：昨天傍晚山色昏暗，她来的时候，衣服上好像还带着山里的云。这一下，她就像从山中走出来的仙女。词人没有直接说她多美，只用一片云，就让人想象不尽。