Vocabulary: 离骚
from 楚辞选
- 为什么x2 | Chapter Rank #670why?; for what reason?
- 舍旧谋新x1 | Chapter Rank #1285
- 骑x1 | Chapter Rank #1286(Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldierto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- 良马x2 | Chapter Rank #671good horse
- 奔驰x1 | Chapter Rank #1287Mercedes-Benz, German car makerto run quickly; to speed; to gallop
- 吧x3 | Chapter Rank #430(onom.) smack!bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1](modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- 愿x3 | Chapter Rank #431honest and prudent(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 前头x1 | Chapter Rank #1288in front; at the head; ahead; above
- 引x1 | Chapter Rank #1289to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- 昔x1 | Chapter Rank #1290former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]surname Xi
- 三x2 | Chapter Rank #672surname Santhree; 3
- 后x8 | Chapter Rank #125surname Houempress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulerback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 纯粹x2 | Chapter Rank #673pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- 固x9 | Chapter Rank #105hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- 众x12 | Chapter Rank #71(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerousabbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
- 芳x13 | Chapter Rank #64fragrant
- 所在x3 | Chapter Rank #432place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- 杂x4 | Chapter Rank #279mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
- 申x7 | Chapter Rank #140to 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°old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen
- 椒x18 | Chapter Rank #39pepper
- 菌x4 | Chapter Rank #280mushroomgerm; bacteria; fungus; mold; Taiwan pr. [jun4]
- 桂x4 | Chapter Rank #281cassia; laurelsurname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- 岂x7 | Chapter Rank #141how? (emphatic question)
- 蕙x13 | Chapter Rank #65Coumarouna odorata
- 茝x7 | Chapter Rank #142aromatic plant, possibly Dahurian angelica 白芷[bai2 zhi3] (archaic)
- 彼x1 | Chapter Rank #1291that; those; (one) another
- 尧x1 | Chapter Rank #1292surname 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]
- 舜x5 | Chapter Rank #217Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
- 耿介x2 | Chapter Rank #674upright and outstanding
- 既x11 | Chapter Rank #87already; since; both... (and...)
- 遵x2 | Chapter Rank #675to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- 道x5 | Chapter Rank #218road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 得x15 | Chapter Rank #50used in 得瑟[de4 se5]to have to; must; ought to; to need tostructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 何x14 | Chapter Rank #54what; how; why; which; carrysurname He
- 桀x3 | Chapter Rank #433(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
- 纣x4 | Chapter Rank #282crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
- 猖x2 | Chapter Rank #676ferocious
- 唯x3 | Chapter Rank #434yesonly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
- 捷径x2 | Chapter Rank #677shortcut
- 窘x2 | Chapter Rank #678distressed; embarrassed
- 步x4 | Chapter Rank #283surname Bua step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation
- 党人x5 | Chapter Rank #219party member; partisan
- 偷x3 | Chapter Rank #435to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- 乐x4 | Chapter Rank #284surname Yuehappy; cheerful; to laughused in place namessurname Lemusic
- 幽x4 | Chapter Rank #285remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
- 昧x4 | Chapter Rank #286to conceal; dark
- 险隘x1 | Chapter Rank #1293
- 余身x2 | Chapter Rank #679
- 惮x2 | Chapter Rank #680dread; fear; dislike
- 殃x3 | Chapter Rank #436calamity