Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 契x2 | Chapter Rank #739to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
- 王x11 | Chapter Rank #74king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)surname Wang
- 亥x4 | Chapter Rank #29212th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
- 秉承x1 | Chapter Rank #1248to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)
- 美德x1 | Chapter Rank #1249virtueUSA and Germany
- 优点x1 | Chapter Rank #1250merit; benefit; strong point; advantage; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- 赞赏x1 | Chapter Rank #1251to admire; to praise; to appreciate
- 国x5 | Chapter Rank #213surname Guocountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
- 放牧x1 | Chapter Rank #1252to graze (livestock); to herd (livestock)
- 最终x1 | Chapter Rank #1253final; ultimate
- 杀x11 | Chapter Rank #75to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 东x3 | Chapter Rank #453east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlordsurname Dong
- 巡x3 | Chapter Rank #454to patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
- 莘x9 | Chapter Rank #96long; numerousAsarum; Wild ginger; also 細辛|细辛[xi4 xin1]surname Shen
- 乞x1 | Chapter Rank #1254to beg
- 小臣x4 | Chapter Rank #293
- 吉x2 | Chapter Rank #740lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Ji
- 水滨x1 | Chapter Rank #1255
- 小子x2 | Chapter Rank #741(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow(literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
- 恶x4 | Chapter Rank #294used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harmto hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander
- 媵x2 | Chapter Rank #742maid escorting bride to new home; concubine
- 妇x3 | Chapter Rank #455woman
- 出x3 | Chapter Rank #456to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 重x4 | Chapter Rank #295to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 罪尤x2 | Chapter Rank #743
- 不胜x3 | Chapter Rank #457cannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very; extremely
- 心x4 | Chapter Rank #296heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 挑x1 | Chapter Rank #1256to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir upto carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- 巡视x3 | Chapter Rank #458to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes
- 一直x2 | Chapter Rank #744straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- 想x1 | Chapter Rank #1257to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 乞讨x1 | Chapter Rank #1258to beg; to go begging
- 贵x2 | Chapter Rank #745expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) yourshort name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- 夫人x2 | Chapter Rank #746lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- 水边x4 | Chapter Rank #297edge of the water; waterside; shore (of sea, lake or river)
- 桑x1 | Chapter Rank #1259(bound form) mulberry treesurname Sang
- 氏x6 | Chapter Rank #171(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figuresused in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
- 讨厌x1 | Chapter Rank #1260to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
- 陪嫁x3 | Chapter Rank #459dowry
- 囚x2 | Chapter Rank #747prisoner
- 究竟x1 | Chapter Rank #1261to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- 犯x1 | Chapter Rank #1262to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- 罪过x3 | Chapter Rank #460sin; offense
- 拗不过x1 | Chapter Rank #1263can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)
- 让x6 | Chapter Rank #172to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 挑拨x1 | Chapter Rank #1264to incite disharmony; to instigate
- 朝x4 | Chapter Rank #298imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towardsabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Koreamorning
- 争x4 | Chapter Rank #299to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- 盟x6 | Chapter Rank #173oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
- 践x2 | Chapter Rank #748to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk