Dēng Guànquè Lóu

登鹳雀楼

Wáng Zhīhuàn 王之涣

bái rì yī shān jìn
白 日依山 尽,
huáng hé rù hăi líu
黄河入海流。
yù qióng qiān lǐ mù
欲 穷 千里目,
gèng shàng yī céng lóu
更上一层 楼 。

依 — to lean , depend on , 尽 — set down , disappear , 欲—- want , desire 穷 — reach the end , 千里目 —- view of long distance , 更 — another , more

The sun is setting down by leaning the mountain; the Yellow River is flowing towards the sea. If you want to see the further scenes far away , you should step up another floor.

This poem indicates such a wide and powerful bourn that it expresses the broad mind and ambition of the poet.