Vocabulary: 九辩（节选）
from 楚辞选
- 荒原x1 | Chapter Rank #737wasteland
- 腐x1 | Chapter Rank #738decay; rotten
- 打算x1 | Chapter Rank #739to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 直接x2 | Chapter Rank #359direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 申诉x2 | Chapter Rank #360to file a complaint; to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc); complaint; appeal
- 可惜x1 | Chapter Rank #740it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- 道路x1 | Chapter Rank #741road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 已经x1 | Chapter Rank #742already
- 堵住x1 | Chapter Rank #743to block up
- 顺着x1 | Chapter Rank #744to follow; following; along
- 大路x1 | Chapter Rank #745avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 前进x3 | Chapter Rank #149to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
- 举步x1 | Chapter Rank #746(literary) to move forward
- 中途x1 | Chapter Rank #747midway
- 拿不定x1 | Chapter Rank #748
- 主意x1 | Chapter Rank #749plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
- 压制x1 | Chapter Rank #750to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- 着x1 | Chapter Rank #751to 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 ina move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 激情x1 | Chapter Rank #752passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion
- 读x1 | Chapter Rank #753comma; phrase marked by pauseto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 本性x1 | Chapter Rank #754natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- 呆笨x1 | Chapter Rank #755dimwitted
- 胸襟x1 | Chapter Rank #756lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
- 狭窄x1 | Chapter Rank #757narrow
- 的确x1 | Chapter Rank #758really; indeed
- 做x2 | Chapter Rank #361to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 安详x1 | Chapter Rank #759serene
- 闲适x1 | Chapter Rank #760leisurely and comfortable; relaxed
- 赞美x2 | Chapter Rank #362to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- 勇气x1 | Chapter Rank #761courage
- 恐怕x2 | Chapter Rank #363fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- 目前x1 | Chapter Rank #762at the present time; currently
- 情况x1 | Chapter Rank #763circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 相似x1 | Chapter Rank #764similar; alike
- 任意x1 | Chapter Rank #765any; arbitrary; at will; at random
- 措置x1 | Chapter Rank #766to handle; to arrange
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #767only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 心地x1 | Chapter Rank #768character
- 随声附和x1 | Chapter Rank #769to parrot other people's words (idiom); to chime in with others
- 继承x1 | Chapter Rank #770to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)
- 古圣贤x1 | Chapter Rank #771
- 留给x1 | Chapter Rank #772to set aside for
- 我们x1 | Chapter Rank #773we; us; ourselves; our
- 遗嘱x1 | Chapter Rank #774testament; will
- 处在x1 | Chapter Rank #775to be situated at; to find oneself at
- 乱世x1 | Chapter Rank #776the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- 飞黄腾达x1 | Chapter Rank #777lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
- 并x1 | Chapter Rank #778and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 以为x1 | Chapter Rank #779to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 乐事x1 | Chapter Rank #780Lay's (brand)pleasure