Over: visit. The old man Zhuang: old friend's farm. The old man's farm: the old friend's farm.

Set: to prepare, to organize. Chicken and Millet: refers to the sumptuous meals (literally chicken and yellow rice) served to guests in a farmhouse.

Mi (shǔ): yellow rice, which was considered to be a superior grain in ancient times.

Invite: to invite. To: to.

Combine: surround.

Guo: ancient city walls had two layers, inner and outer, with the inner being the city and the outer being Guo. Here it refers to the outer wall of the village.

Slant (xié): tilt. Another ancient pronunciation is xiá.

Open: open, open. Xuan: window. Face: face to face.

Field and Garden: field, threshing floor, rice field; garden, vegetable garden.

Handle the wine: to hold the wine vessel, referring to drinking wine. Put: to take up. The word: "wine" is used to describe the drinking of wine.

Talking about mulberry and hemp: gossiping about farming.

Mulberry and hemp: mulberry trees and hemp. Here, it refers to crops in general.

Chongyang Day: refers to the ninth day of the ninth month of the summer calendar. Ancient people had the custom of ascending the heights and drinking chrysanthemum wine on this day.

Return (huán): to return, to come.

On Chrysanthemum: to drink chrysanthemum wine, also means to enjoy chrysanthemums. 就 (huán): on, close to, meaning to go and do something.

Crossing the Old Man's Chuang

Meng Haoran [Tang Dynasty]

The old man had chicken and millet, and invited me to the field house.

The village is surrounded by green trees, and the green hills are beyond.

The old man invited me to his home, where I had chicken and millet, and the green hills were slanting away from him.

When the sun comes up, I will come back to the chrysanthemums.

Translation

An old friend prepared a sumptuous meal and invited me to his farmhouse.

The emerald-green woods surrounded the village, and a vein of green hills lay hidden and horizontal outside the citadel.

Push open the window to face the grain field and vegetable garden, **** drink wine and gossip about farming.

When the 9-9-9 Festival comes, I will come here to view the chrysanthemums.