卖炭翁 Traditional form: 賣炭翁 Pinyin (reading): Mài Tàn Wēng Definitions: The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易 ( Bái Jūyì) Characters: 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off 炭 - carbon, charcoal, coal 翁 - old man; father, father-in-law Traditional characters: 賣 - to sell; to betray; to show off 炭 - carbon, charcoal, coal 翁 - old man; father, father-in-law