Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 野鸟x1 | Chapter Rank #1818
- 南x1 | Chapter Rank #1819surname Nanused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]south
- 上书x1 | Chapter Rank #1820to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- 愿意x1 | Chapter Rank #1821to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- 献给x2 | Chapter Rank #883
- 人民x1 | Chapter Rank #1822the people
- 恨x1 | Chapter Rank #1823to hate; to regret
- 无道x1 | Chapter Rank #1824tyrannical; brutal (regime)
- 诱骗x1 | Chapter Rank #1825to entice; to lure; to scam; to hoodwink; to decoy
- 方法x2 | Chapter Rank #884method; way; technique; procedure
- 王之子x2 | Chapter Rank #885
- 枚x2 | Chapter Rank #886classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemysurname Mei
- 马鞭x1 | Chapter Rank #1826horsewhip
- 策马x1 | Chapter Rank #1827to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
- 驰骋x1 | Chapter Rank #1828to gallop; to rush headlong
- 履x1 | Chapter Rank #1829shoe; to tread on
- 引申为x1 | Chapter Rank #1830
- 足迹x1 | Chapter Rank #1831footprint; track; spoor
- 童谣x1 | Chapter Rank #1832nursery rhyme
- 预兆x2 | Chapter Rank #887omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow
- 灭亡x1 | Chapter Rank #1833to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- 二人x1 | Chapter Rank #1834
- 正x1 | Chapter Rank #1835first month of the lunar yearstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 此x2 | Chapter Rank #888this; these
- 果然x1 | Chapter Rank #1836really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- 因此x1 | Chapter Rank #1837thus; consequently; as a result
- 西周x1 | Chapter Rank #1838Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
- 牵引x1 | Chapter Rank #1839to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
- 扶持x1 | Chapter Rank #1840to help; to assist
- 宣x1 | Chapter Rank #1841surname Xuanto declare (publicly); to announce
- 宫x1 | Chapter Rank #1842surname Gongpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- 荒淫无道x1 | Chapter Rank #1843
- 在位x1 | Chapter Rank #1844to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- 仅x1 | Chapter Rank #1845barely; only; merely
- 十一x1 | Chapter Rank #1846eleven; 11PRC National Day (October 1st)
- 申x1 | Chapter Rank #1847old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shento extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
- 侯x1 | Chapter Rank #1848used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high officialsurname Hou
- 犬戎x1 | Chapter Rank #1849Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China
- 骊山x1 | Chapter Rank #1850Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
- 包x1 | Chapter Rank #1851to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]surname Bao
- 四x1 | Chapter Rank #1852four; 4
- 保佑x1 | Chapter Rank #1853to bless and protect; blessing
- 押韵x1 | Chapter Rank #1854to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵
- 春秋x1 | Chapter Rank #1855Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- 五霸x1 | Chapter Rank #1856the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- 巩固x1 | Chapter Rank #1857to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
- 霸业x1 | Chapter Rank #1858the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony
- 目的x1 | Chapter Rank #1859purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- 会盟x1 | Chapter Rank #1860meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties
- 诸子争x1 | Chapter Rank #1861