Vocabulary: 招魂（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 命x2 | Chapter Rank #265life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 其x7 | Chapter Rank #46his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 难x2 | Chapter Rank #266disaster; distress; to scolddifficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 从x3 | Chapter Rank #150from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorsurname Cong
- 若x6 | Chapter Rank #58used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]to seem; like; as; if
- 必x2 | Chapter Rank #267certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 恐x4 | Chapter Rank #100afraid; frightened; to fear
- 后x4 | Chapter Rank #101empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; rulersurname Houback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 谢x3 | Chapter Rank #151to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to withersurname Xie
- 不能x4 | Chapter Rank #102cannot; must not; should not
- 复用x1 | Chapter Rank #531to reuse
- 说明x1 | Chapter Rank #532to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 的x133 | Chapter Rank #1of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsa taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])really and truly(bound form) bull's-eye; target
- 作者x3 | Chapter Rank #152author; writer
- 古来x1 | Chapter Rank #533since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
- 就x3 | Chapter Rank #153(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 有x19 | Chapter Rank #10to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 两种x1 | Chapter Rank #534
- 说法x1 | Chapter Rank #535way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretationto expound Buddhist teachings
- 说x7 | Chapter Rank #47to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 是x28 | Chapter Rank #4to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- 宋x2 | Chapter Rank #268surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- 玉x3 | Chapter Rank #154jade
- 王x2 | Chapter Rank #269(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)surname Wangking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- 逸x1 | Chapter Rank #536(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- 楚辞x1 | Chapter Rank #537Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
- 章句x1 | Chapter Rank #538
- 屈原x5 | Chapter Rank #76Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
- 司马迁x1 | Chapter Rank #539Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
- 史记x1 | Chapter Rank #540Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- 贾x1 | Chapter Rank #541surname Jiamerchant; to buy
- 生x5 | Chapter Rank #77to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 列传x1 | Chapter Rank #542historical biography
- 到x6 | Chapter Rank #59to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 现在x1 | Chapter Rank #543now; at present; currently
- 还x4 | Chapter Rank #103still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elsesurname Huanto pay back; to return
- 不x22 | Chapter Rank #7no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 一致x1 | Chapter Rank #544consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
- 本x2 | Chapter Rank #270(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 古代x6 | Chapter Rank #60ancient times
- 迷信x1 | Chapter Rank #545superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- 风俗x2 | Chapter Rank #271social custom; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 本篇x1 | Chapter Rank #546
- 大致x1 | Chapter Rank #547more or less; roughly; approximately
- 为x7 | Chapter Rank #48as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)because of; for; to
- 楚王x4 | Chapter Rank #104
- 作x5 | Chapter Rank #78(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 招x7 | Chapter Rank #49to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 谁x2 | Chapter Rank #272who; also pr. [shui2]
- 魂x8 | Chapter Rank #38soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)