However, before she came to us, we shouted a thousand times and urged her for a thousand times, but she still hid half of her face behind the guitar. What does this mean?

"But we shouted a thousand times and urged her a thousand times, but she still hid half her face behind the guitar and didn't look at us." It means that after a long time, she came out slowly, holding the pipa in her arms and half covering her face.

This sentence comes from Bai Juyi's Pipa Trip. Said by: We heard a sudden sound, a guitar crossed the water, the owner forgot to go home, and the guests left. We followed the melody, asked the player's name, and the voice was interrupted ... and then she reluctantly answered. We moved the boat closer to hers, invited her to join us, and summoned more wine and lanterns to start our party again. However, before she came to us, we called a thousand times and urged her for a thousand times, but she still hid half of her face behind her guitar from us.

The vernacular interpretation of this article is: suddenly I heard the sound of pipa ringing on the river; I forgot to return, and the guests didn't want to leave. Find the sound source and ask who is playing the pipa. Pipa stopped for a long time but nothing happened.

We brought the boat closer and invited her out to meet; Tell the servant to add more wine, and then set the banquet under the lamp. It was a long time before she came out slowly, holding the pipa in her arms and covering her face half.

This poem reveals the unreasonable phenomena such as bureaucratic corruption, the decline of people's livelihood and the burying of talents in feudal society by describing the superb playing skills and unfortunate experiences of the pipa girl, and expresses the poet's deep sympathy for her.

Extended data:

Pipa Xing is one of the long Yuefu poems written by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Eleven years of Yuanhe (8 16). This poem describes the pipa girl's superb playing skills and her unfortunate experience.

It exposed the unreasonable phenomena such as bureaucratic corruption, people's livelihood, and talent burying in feudal society, and expressed the poet's deep sympathy for her, as well as the poet's resentment at his innocent being demoted.

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