1. A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date. Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and make three people in the shadows.
From "Drinking Alone Under the Moon, Part 1" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
Explanation: I put a pot of wine among the flowers and drank it by myself, without any relatives or friends around me. I raise my glass to the sky and invite the bright moon to drink with me. The moon's shadow is opposite to my shadow, and the three of us are reflected.
2. The full moon flies into the mirror, and returns to the heart to fold the sword. Turning around and walking far away, climbing osmanthus and looking up to the sky.
From "Two Poems on the Night of August 15, Part One" by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty
Explanation: There is a full moon outside the window, and it is also a full moon in the mirror. The feeling of homesickness is like a knife cutting into the heart. . Moving away, my hometown is getting further and further away; the sweet-scented osmanthus is climbing and folding, and the sky is so far and wide.
3. Crows roost on the white trees in the atrium, and the cold dew wets the sweet-scented osmanthus silently. Tonight, when the moon is bright and everyone looks around, I don’t know who is missing my autumn thoughts.
From "Looking at the Moon on the Fifteenth Night" by Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty.
Explanation: There are magpies and crows on the snow-white trees in the courtyard, and the autumn dew silently wets the sweet-scented osmanthus in the courtyard. Tonight the bright moon is in the sky, everyone in the world is looking up, wondering who can fall in love with this autumn.
4. The dusk clouds are all gone and the cold is overflowing, and the silver man turns the jade plate silently.
From "Mid-Autumn Moon" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty.
Explanation: The dark night comes, the clouds disappear, the sky is cold and the ground is freezing, the Milky Way pours silently, the moon hangs high in the night sky, as white and crystal clear as a jade plate.
5. There is a bright moon on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time. Lovers complain about the distant night, but they miss each other at night.
It comes from "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan" by Zhang Jiuling in the Tang Dynasty.
Explanation: A bright moon rises above the sea. You and I are admiring the moon on opposite sides of the sky. There are lovers who resent the long night and miss you bitterly all night long.