Vocabulary: 天问(节选)
from 楚辞选
- 赴x1 | Chapter Rank #1957to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- 火x1 | Chapter Rank #1958surname Huofire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
- 亦x1 | Chapter Rank #1959also
- 摇动x1 | Chapter Rank #1960to shake; to sway
- 按x1 | Chapter Rank #1961to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- 禄命x1 | Chapter Rank #1962person's lot through life
- 以下x1 | Chapter Rank #1963that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
- 四句x1 | Chapter Rank #1964
- 泛x1 | Chapter Rank #1965(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
- 改朝换代x2 | Chapter Rank #894to transition to a new dynasty or regime
- 警戒x2 | Chapter Rank #895to warn; to alert; to be on the alert; to stand guard; sentinel
- 取代x2 | Chapter Rank #896to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
- 坑x1 | Chapter Rank #1966pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
- 篯x1 | Chapter Rank #1967surname Jian
- 尖x1 | Chapter Rank #1968pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- 封地x1 | Chapter Rank #1969feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
- 调和x1 | Chapter Rank #1970harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate
- 祭献x1 | Chapter Rank #1971
- 善于x1 | Chapter Rank #1972to be good at; to be adept at
- 调味x1 | Chapter Rank #1973seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences
- 肉汤x1 | Chapter Rank #1974meat soup; broth
- 长命x2 | Chapter Rank #897
- 怅x1 | Chapter Rank #1975regretful; upset; despairing; depressed
- 唱x1 | Chapter Rank #1976to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- 不如意x1 | Chapter Rank #1977
- 满足x1 | Chapter Rank #1978to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content
- 四海x1 | Chapter Rank #1979(fig.) the whole world
- 国君x1 | Chapter Rank #1980monarch
- 省x1 | Chapter Rank #1981to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)(bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- 文x1 | Chapter Rank #1982surname Wenlanguage; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 嫩x1 | Chapter Rank #1983young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
- 扶助x1 | Chapter Rank #1984to assist
- 保护x1 | Chapter Rank #1985to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 伯夷叔x1 | Chapter Rank #1986
- 不吃x1 | Chapter Rank #1987
- 粟x1 | Chapter Rank #1988surname Sumillet; (metonym) grain
- 首阳山x1 | Chapter Rank #1989
- 充饥x1 | Chapter Rank #1990to allay one's hunger
- 周朝x1 | Chapter Rank #1991Zhou Dynasty; Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC)
- 他俩x2 | Chapter Rank #898
- 挨饿x1 | Chapter Rank #1992to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished
- 七日x1 | Chapter Rank #1993
- 派x1 | Chapter Rank #1994(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pieused in 派司[pa1 si5]
- 喂乳x1 | Chapter Rank #1995
- 咬x1 | Chapter Rank #1996to bite; to nip
- 兄弟x1 | Chapter Rank #1997brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- 兴兵x1 | Chapter Rank #1998to send troops
- 打仗x2 | Chapter Rank #899to fight a battle; to go to war
- 楚怀王x1 | Chapter Rank #1999King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299 BC); later King Huai of Chu (reigned 208-205 BC)
- 张仪x1 | Chapter Rank #2000Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)