Vocabulary: 天问（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 河海x2 | Chapter Rank #591
- 应x7 | Chapter Rank #129surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shallto answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- 龙x7 | Chapter Rank #130Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaursurname Long
- 画x1 | Chapter Rank #1005to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- 历x1 | Chapter Rank #1006calendarto experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- 尧x7 | Chapter Rank #131surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- 说x18 | Chapter Rank #37to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 不能x4 | Chapter Rank #248cannot; must not; should not
- 胜任x2 | Chapter Rank #592qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task
- 治水x1 | Chapter Rank #1007
- 众人x6 | Chapter Rank #156everyone
- 为什么x22 | Chapter Rank #23why?; for what reason?
- 加以x2 | Chapter Rank #593(formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- 推举x2 | Chapter Rank #594to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- 大家x5 | Chapter Rank #197everyone; influential family; great expert
- 都x7 | Chapter Rank #132surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 不必x1 | Chapter Rank #1008need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- 担心x1 | Chapter Rank #1009anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- 考察x2 | Chapter Rank #595to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
- 一下x1 | Chapter Rank #1010(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 再x1 | Chapter Rank #1011again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 处理x1 | Chapter Rank #1012to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices
- 草木x3 | Chapter Rank #370vegetation; plants
- 拉x2 | Chapter Rank #596to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowelsto make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slashused in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
- 泥土x1 | Chapter Rank #1013earth; soil; mud; clay
- 示意x1 | Chapter Rank #1014to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)
- 筑堤x1 | Chapter Rank #1015
- 从中x1 | Chapter Rank #1016from within; therefrom
- 得到x9 | Chapter Rank #87to get; to obtain; to receive
- 启发x1 | Chapter Rank #1017to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- 并x6 | Chapter Rank #157and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 听从x2 | Chapter Rank #597to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- 顺着x1 | Chapter Rank #1018to follow; following; along
- 心意x1 | Chapter Rank #1019intention; regard; kindly feelings
- 或许x1 | Chapter Rank #1020perhaps; maybe
- 可以x2 | Chapter Rank #598can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 舜x14 | Chapter Rank #52Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- 他x35 | Chapter Rank #8(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 判处死刑x1 | Chapter Rank #1021
- 永远x2 | Chapter Rank #599forever; eternal
- 弃绝x1 | Chapter Rank #1022to abandon; to forsake
- 拖延x1 | Chapter Rank #1023to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
- 腐烂x3 | Chapter Rank #371to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- 竟x1 | Chapter Rank #1024unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 腹中x1 | Chapter Rank #1025
- 生出x2 | Chapter Rank #600to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce
- 会x17 | Chapter Rank #39(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 这样x1 | Chapter Rank #1026this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 继承x2 | Chapter Rank #601to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)
- 着x11 | Chapter Rank #69a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply