Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 饰x2 | Chapter Rank #725decoration; ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate
- 飨x4 | Chapter Rank #283(literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain
- 承x2 | Chapter Rank #726surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godto bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
- 灭x2 | Chapter Rank #727to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- 乃x4 | Chapter Rank #284to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- 观x2 | Chapter Rank #728surname Guanto look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlookTaoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
- 逢x4 | Chapter Rank #285to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- 伊x13 | Chapter Rank #60surname Yi(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- 挚x3 | Chapter Rank #448surname Zhisincere
- 条x4 | Chapter Rank #286strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 放x3 | Chapter Rank #449to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 致x2 | Chapter Rank #729(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- 罚x6 | Chapter Rank #170to punish; to penalize; to fine
- 黎x2 | Chapter Rank #730Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4](literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- 简x4 | Chapter Rank #287simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- 狄x4 | Chapter Rank #288low ranking public official (old)surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
- 喾x2 | Chapter Rank #731one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1 xin1 shi4]
- 宜x2 | Chapter Rank #732proper; should; suitable; appropriatesurname Yi
- 贻x2 | Chapter Rank #733to present; to bequeath
- 嘉x4 | Chapter Rank #289surname Jiaexcellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend
- 该x2 | Chapter Rank #734should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- 秉x4 | Chapter Rank #290to grasp; to hold; to maintainsurname Bing
- 季x3 | Chapter Rank #450season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yieldssurname Ji
- 弊x2 | Chapter Rank #735detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- 扈x2 | Chapter Rank #736retinuesurname Hu
- 牧x4 | Chapter Rank #291to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old); government official (old)surname Mu
- 牛羊x3 | Chapter Rank #451cattle and sheep; livestock
- 夏禹x1 | Chapter Rank #1230see 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
- 华贵x1 | Chapter Rank #1231sumptuous; luxurious
- 祭器x1 | Chapter Rank #1232ritual dishes; sacrificial vessels
- 虔敬x1 | Chapter Rank #1233reverent
- 供献x1 | Chapter Rank #1234a contribution
- 天帝x7 | Chapter Rank #141God of heaven; Celestial emperor
- 后代x2 | Chapter Rank #737descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- 庇佑x1 | Chapter Rank #1235to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine)
- 社稷x1 | Chapter Rank #1236state; country; the Gods of earth and grain
- 视察x1 | Chapter Rank #1237to inspect; an investigation
- 不料x1 | Chapter Rank #1238unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 碰到x1 | Chapter Rank #1239to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit
- 尹x10 | Chapter Rank #85(literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)surname Yin
- 这位x1 | Chapter Rank #1240this (person)
- 贤臣x1 | Chapter Rank #1241
- 流放x2 | Chapter Rank #738to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream
- 老百姓x3 | Chapter Rank #452ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 十分高兴x1 | Chapter Rank #1242
- 瑶台x1 | Chapter Rank #1243
- 帝喾x1 | Chapter Rank #1244Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
- 送来x1 | Chapter Rank #1245
- 一对x1 | Chapter Rank #1246couple; pair
- 卵蛋x1 | Chapter Rank #1247