Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 殷商x2 | Chapter Rank #759final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
- 王位x1 | Chapter Rank #1287title of king; kingship
- 封赏x1 | Chapter Rank #1288
- 既x3 | Chapter Rank #469already; since; both... (and...)
- 事实x1 | Chapter Rank #1289fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 失败x1 | Chapter Rank #1290to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 争先恐后x1 | Chapter Rank #1291(idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind
- 举起x1 | Chapter Rank #1292to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold
- 兵器x2 | Chapter Rank #760weaponry; weapons; arms
- 发动x1 | Chapter Rank #1293to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
- 前进x1 | Chapter Rank #1294to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
- 夹击x1 | Chapter Rank #1295pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
- 两翼x1 | Chapter Rank #1296
- 指挥x1 | Chapter Rank #1297to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 南土x1 | Chapter Rank #1298
- 底x2 | Chapter Rank #761bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- 雉x8 | Chapter Rank #119ringed pheasant
- 穆王x2 | Chapter Rank #762
- 巧x2 | Chapter Rank #763opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 梅x5 | Chapter Rank #214plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)surname Mei
- 流x2 | Chapter Rank #764to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- 环x1 | Chapter Rank #1299ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem insurname Huan
- 理x2 | Chapter Rank #765texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 索求x1 | Chapter Rank #1300to seek; to demand
- 妖x3 | Chapter Rank #470goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- 衒x2 | Chapter Rank #766(literary) to boast; to show off
- 市x2 | Chapter Rank #767market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- 幽x3 | Chapter Rank #471remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- 诛x1 | Chapter Rank #1301to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
- 焉得x1 | Chapter Rank #1302
- 褒x6 | Chapter Rank #175to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose
- 姒x4 | Chapter Rank #305wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)surname Si
- 天命x3 | Chapter Rank #472Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
- 反侧x2 | Chapter Rank #768to toss and turn
- 佑x4 | Chapter Rank #306(bound form) to bless; to protect
- 齐x4 | Chapter Rank #307(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qineat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 桓x2 | Chapter Rank #769surname HuanChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
- 卒x3 | Chapter Rank #473soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess
- 周昭王x3 | Chapter Rank #474
- 着手x1 | Chapter Rank #1303to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- 游历x1 | Chapter Rank #1304to tour; to travel
- 南国x1 | Chapter Rank #1305
- 大利x1 | Chapter Rank #1306
- 接受x2 | Chapter Rank #770to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- 荆x2 | Chapter Rank #771an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; surname Jingchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
- 贡献x1 | Chapter Rank #1307to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 周穆王x1 | Chapter Rank #1308King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
- 贪好x2 | Chapter Rank #772
- 遛马x1 | Chapter Rank #1309
- 到处x2 | Chapter Rank #773everywhere