Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
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- 吾x2 | Chapter Rank #749(old) I; mysurname Wu
- 苍x2 | Chapter Rank #750dark blue; deep green; ash-graysurname Cang
- 鸟群x1 | Chapter Rank #1265
- 飞x1 | Chapter Rank #1266to fly
- 萃x4 | Chapter Rank #300collect; collection; dense; grassy; thick; assemble; gather
- 列x1 | Chapter Rank #1267to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
- 击x3 | Chapter Rank #461to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- 躬x4 | Chapter Rank #301(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- 叔x3 | Chapter Rank #462uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 发x4 | Chapter Rank #302to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- 周x11 | Chapter Rank #76surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financiallyweek; weekly
- 命x6 | Chapter Rank #174life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 咨x3 | Chapter Rank #463used in 咨文[zi1 wen2]; used in 咨嗟[zi1 jie1](bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
- 嗟x3 | Chapter Rank #464sigh; also pr. [jue1]
- 授x2 | Chapter Rank #751(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 殷x11 | Chapter Rank #77roll of thundersurname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henanflourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitabledark red
- 天下x8 | Chapter Rank #118land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 位x2 | Chapter Rank #752position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- 反x3 | Chapter Rank #465contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 亡x2 | Chapter Rank #753to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- 罪x1 | Chapter Rank #1268guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- 遣x2 | Chapter Rank #754(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- 器x2 | Chapter Rank #755device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 驱x2 | Chapter Rank #756to expel; to urge on; to drive; to run quickly
- 将x3 | Chapter Rank #466to desire; to invite; to request(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- 八百x1 | Chapter Rank #1269
- 诸侯x7 | Chapter Rank #142dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- 会聚x1 | Chapter Rank #1270
- 誓x2 | Chapter Rank #757oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
- 不约而同x1 | Chapter Rank #1271(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
- 士兵x1 | Chapter Rank #1272soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 群x1 | Chapter Rank #1273group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- 鹰x2 | Chapter Rank #758general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
- 搏击x1 | Chapter Rank #1274to fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle; to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc); to capture prey
- 召x1 | Chapter Rank #1275surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Provinceto call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
- 拢x1 | Chapter Rank #1276to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)
- 一起x1 | Chapter Rank #1277(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- 尸x3 | Chapter Rank #467(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)(bound form) corpse
- 刀x4 | Chapter Rank #303knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)surname Dao
- 砍x1 | Chapter Rank #1278to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
- 剑x1 | Chapter Rank #1279double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- 公x4 | Chapter Rank #304public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 赞成x1 | Chapter Rank #1280to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist
- 亲自x1 | Chapter Rank #1281personally; in person; oneself
- 计谋x1 | Chapter Rank #1282stratagem; scheme
- 发兵x1 | Chapter Rank #1283to dispatch an army; to send troops
- 之间x1 | Chapter Rank #1284(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- 安定x1 | Chapter Rank #1285stable; calm; settled; to stabilize; Valium; diazepam
- 管理x3 | Chapter Rank #468to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 重任x1 | Chapter Rank #1286heavy responsibility