Vocabulary: 大司命
from 楚辞选
- 离合x1 | Chapter Rank #126clutch (in car gearbox); separation and reunion
- 可x1 | Chapter Rank #127(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 说明x1 | Chapter Rank #128to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 九歌x1 | Chapter Rank #129
- 的x14 | Chapter Rank #3of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsa taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])really and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 第五x1 | Chapter Rank #130fifth
- 首x1 | Chapter Rank #131head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 是x1 | Chapter Rank #132to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 楚国x1 | Chapter Rank #133the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #43right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 主管x1 | Chapter Rank #134in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- 人类x1 | Chapter Rank #135humanity; human race; mankind
- 寿命x3 | Chapter Rank #18life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- 神x2 | Chapter Rank #44Godgod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- 祭x2 | Chapter Rank #45surname Zhaito offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
- 歌x3 | Chapter Rank #19song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- 时x2 | Chapter Rank #46surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 可能x1 | Chapter Rank #136might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 由x2 | Chapter Rank #47to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 男巫x1 | Chapter Rank #137wizard; warlock
- 扮x1 | Chapter Rank #138to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression)
- 女巫x1 | Chapter Rank #139witch; sorceress
- 迎神x1 | Chapter Rank #140
- 男女x1 | Chapter Rank #141male-female; male and female
- 二x1 | Chapter Rank #142two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 巫x1 | Chapter Rank #143witch; wizard; shaman; also pr. [wu2]surname Wu; also pr. [Wu2]
- 边x1 | Chapter Rank #144suffix of a noun of localityside; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously
- 边舞x1 | Chapter Rank #145
- 互相x1 | Chapter Rank #146each other; mutually; mutual
- 对唱x1 | Chapter Rank #147in duet; answering phrase; antiphonal answer
- 就x2 | Chapter Rank #48(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 会x2 | Chapter Rank #49(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 一些x1 | Chapter Rank #148some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 彼此x1 | Chapter Rank #149each other; one another
- 爱慕x1 | Chapter Rank #150to adore; to admire
- 话x1 | Chapter Rank #151dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 辞x1 | Chapter Rank #152to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- 中x1 | Chapter Rank #153to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- 还x1 | Chapter Rank #154still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elsesurname Huanto pay back; to return
- 表现x1 | Chapter Rank #155to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- 了x4 | Chapter Rank #11(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 人们x1 | Chapter Rank #156people
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #157to live; life; livelihood
- 热爱x1 | Chapter Rank #158to love ardently; to adore
- 和x3 | Chapter Rank #20to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbssurname He(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japaneseto compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othersto complete a set in mahjong or playing cardsto combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- 追求x1 | Chapter Rank #159to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 同时x1 | Chapter Rank #160at the same time; simultaneously
- 也x1 | Chapter Rank #161surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 流露x1 | Chapter Rank #162to reveal (indirectly, implicitly); to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
- 上x1 | Chapter Rank #163(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; aboveused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]