◎ A gale has risen and is sweeping the clouds across the sky.
◎ 秋风起兮白云飞，草木黄落兮雁南归。
◎ Autumn wind rises;white clouds fly. Grass and trees wither;geese go south.
2.
[a meaningless sound, similar to 啊, used in an ancient song form between the two sections of a line, presumably to carry the voice through parts of the melody which had no corresponding words]
【Examples】
◎ 风萧萧兮易水寒, 壮士一去兮不复还。(荆轲《易水歌》)
◎ The wind wails—oh, the River Yi flows cold, | A hero sets forth—oh, never to return.
