Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 错落不齐x1 | Chapter Rank #1449disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly
- 同x9 | Chapter Rank #97used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]like; same; similar; together; alike; withused in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- 圆x1 | Chapter Rank #1450circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- 夺x1 | Chapter Rank #1451to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- 功效x1 | Chapter Rank #1452efficacy
- 毂x1 | Chapter Rank #1453used in 轂轆|毂辘[gu1 lu5]the hub of wheel
- 车轮x2 | Chapter Rank #831wheel
- 中心x1 | Chapter Rank #1454center; heart; core
- 穿x1 | Chapter Rank #1455to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- 轴x1 | Chapter Rank #1456see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]; Taiwan pr. [zhou2]axis; axle; spool (for thread); roller (for scrolls); classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
- 部位x1 | Chapter Rank #1457part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
- 旋转x1 | Chapter Rank #1458to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
- 中心点x1 | Chapter Rank #1459center; central point; focus
- 古代x9 | Chapter Rank #98ancient times
- 柱子x1 | Chapter Rank #1460pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- 支撑x2 | Chapter Rank #832to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- 叫x5 | Chapter Rank #223to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 八极x1 | Chapter Rank #1461
- 承担x1 | Chapter Rank #1462to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
- 际x1 | Chapter Rank #1463border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)
- 威x1 | Chapter Rank #1464power; might; prestige
- 踏x1 | Chapter Rank #1465to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spotsee 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- 天文学家x1 | Chapter Rank #1466astronomer
- 天上x1 | Chapter Rank #1467the sky; the heavens
- 方位x1 | Chapter Rank #1468direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth
- 划x2 | Chapter Rank #833to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
- 十二个x1 | Chapter Rank #1469
- 大区x1 | Chapter Rank #1470
- 即x12 | Chapter Rank #64namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 旸x1 | Chapter Rank #1471rising sun; sunshine
- 日出x1 | Chapter Rank #1472sunrise
- 次x1 | Chapter Rank #1473next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- 寺x1 | Chapter Rank #1474Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
- 水x2 | Chapter Rank #834water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garmentsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- 名x25 | Chapter Rank #17name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 日落x1 | Chapter Rank #1475sundown; sunset
- 功能x1 | Chapter Rank #1476function; capability
- 月x2 | Chapter Rank #835moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 兔子x1 | Chapter Rank #1477hare; rabbit; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 蟾蜍x1 | Chapter Rank #1478toad
- 就是x18 | Chapter Rank #38exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 字x5 | Chapter Rank #224letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 神女x1 | Chapter Rank #1479The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by 吳永剛|吴永刚[Wu2 Yong3 gang1]goddess; (old) prostitute
- 合婚x1 | Chapter Rank #1480casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
- 瑞气x1 | Chapter Rank #1481propitious vapours
- 星x1 | Chapter Rank #1482star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- 二十八宿x1 | Chapter Rank #1483the twenty-eight constellations
- 清晨x1 | Chapter Rank #1484early morning
- 借x2 | Chapter Rank #836to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 天亮x1 | Chapter Rank #1485to grow light (at daybreak)