Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 沉入x1 | Chapter Rank #1693
- 大海x1 | Chapter Rank #1694sea; ocean
- 傲x1 | Chapter Rank #1695proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy
- 古国x3 | Chapter Rank #505ancient country
- 妃子x3 | Chapter Rank #506imperial concubine
- 因为x2 | Chapter Rank #864because; owing to; on account of
- 情意x1 | Chapter Rank #1696friendly regard; affection
- 是因为x1 | Chapter Rank #1697
- 姓x2 | Chapter Rank #865family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- 娥x1 | Chapter Rank #1698good; beautiful
- 皇x1 | Chapter Rank #1699surname Huangemperor
- 英x1 | Chapter Rank #1700United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom
- 萌芽x1 | Chapter Rank #1701(of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud; (also used figuratively)
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #1702affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 露头x1 | Chapter Rank #1703to show one's head; to give a sign to show one's presence
- 开头x1 | Chapter Rank #1704beginning; to start
- 象牙x1 | Chapter Rank #1705ivory; elephant tusk
- 筷子x1 | Chapter Rank #1706chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]
- 牙x1 | Chapter Rank #1707tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 箸x1 | Chapter Rank #1708(literary) chopsticks
- 必x1 | Chapter Rank #1709certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 玉杯x2 | Chapter Rank #866
- 必然x2 | Chapter Rank #867inevitable; certain; necessity
- 熊掌x1 | Chapter Rank #1710bear paw (as food)
- 之类x1 | Chapter Rank #1711and so on; and such
- 珍贵x1 | Chapter Rank #1712precious
- 菜肴x1 | Chapter Rank #1713vegetable and meat dishes; dish
- 进而x1 | Chapter Rank #1714and then; and thereby; and in turn
- 扩建x1 | Chapter Rank #1715to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
- 楼台x1 | Chapter Rank #1716(dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance
- 宫室x1 | Chapter Rank #1717
- 预料x1 | Chapter Rank #1718to forecast; to anticipate; expectation
- 美玉x1 | Chapter Rank #1719fine jade
- 层x1 | Chapter Rank #1720to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
- 尊x1 | Chapter Rank #1721senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- 两句x1 | Chapter Rank #1722(say) a few words
- 伏羲x1 | Chapter Rank #1723Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
- 自古x1 | Chapter Rank #1724(since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
- 子为帝x1 | Chapter Rank #1725
- 发问x2 | Chapter Rank #868to question; to ask; to raise a question
- 多次x2 | Chapter Rank #869many times; repeatedly
- 谋害x1 | Chapter Rank #1726to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life
- 放纵x1 | Chapter Rank #1727to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish
- 终止x1 | Chapter Rank #1728to stop; to terminate
- 泛指x1 | Chapter Rank #1729to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
- 长江下游x1 | Chapter Rank #1730
- 江南一带x1 | Chapter Rank #1731
- 病危x1 | Chapter Rank #1732to be critically ill; to be terminally ill
- 打算x1 | Chapter Rank #1733to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 小儿x1 | Chapter Rank #1734young child; (humble) my son(coll.) early childhood; (coll.) baby boy