Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
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- 丰富x1 | Chapter Rank #929to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- 构思新颖x1 | Chapter Rank #930
- 句式x1 | Chapter Rank #931sentence pattern; sentence structure; syntax
- 灵活x1 | Chapter Rank #932flexible; nimble; agile
- 音节x1 | Chapter Rank #933syllable
- 铿锵x1 | Chapter Rank #934sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words
- 应该x2 | Chapter Rank #515ought to; should; must
- 被x20 | Chapter Rank #28quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 放逐x2 | Chapter Rank #516to banish; to deport; to send into exile; to be marooned
- 后x23 | Chapter Rank #20surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 作品x1 | Chapter Rank #935work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- 这里x11 | Chapter Rank #66here
- 其中x3 | Chapter Rank #330among; in; included among these
- 主要x1 | Chapter Rank #936main; principal; major; primary
- 部分x2 | Chapter Rank #517part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
- 曰x2 | Chapter Rank #518to speak; to say
- 遂x6 | Chapter Rank #144to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reachused in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]
- 古x8 | Chapter Rank #100surname Guancient; old; paleo-
- 之x47 | Chapter Rank #6(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 初x7 | Chapter Rank #122(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 谁x21 | Chapter Rank #24who; also pr. [shui2]
- 传道x2 | Chapter Rank #519to lecture on doctrine; to expound the wisdom of ancient sages; to preach; a sermon
- 上下x2 | Chapter Rank #520the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- 未x5 | Chapter Rank #179not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 形x4 | Chapter Rank #229to appear; to look; form; shape
- 何x91 | Chapter Rank #2surname Hewhat; how; why; which; carry
- 由x5 | Chapter Rank #180to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 考x4 | Chapter Rank #230to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an examto check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- 冥x2 | Chapter Rank #521dark; deep; stupid; the underworld
- 昭x5 | Chapter Rank #181bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- 瞢x2 | Chapter Rank #522eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
- 暗x2 | Chapter Rank #523dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- 能x21 | Chapter Rank #25can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energysurname Neng
- 极x6 | Chapter Rank #145extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 冯x4 | Chapter Rank #231surname Fengto gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great
- 翼x5 | Chapter Rank #182wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomysurname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)
- 惟x6 | Chapter Rank #146-ism; only
- 像x6 | Chapter Rank #147to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 何以x32 | Chapter Rank #9(literary) why; how
- 识x3 | Chapter Rank #331to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]to record; to write a footnote
- 明明x1 | Chapter Rank #937obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- 暗暗x1 | Chapter Rank #938secretly; inwardly
- 时x13 | Chapter Rank #57surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 何为x1 | Chapter Rank #939what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use(old) why
- 阴阳x3 | Chapter Rank #332yin and yang
- 三合x1 | Chapter Rank #940
- 本x2 | Chapter Rank #524(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 化x2 | Chapter Rank #525to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- 译文x21 | Chapter Rank #26translated text
- 请问x1 | Chapter Rank #941Excuse me, may I ask...?