Vocabulary: 前言
from 楚辞选
- 东周x1 | Chapter Rank #130Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
- 时候x1 | Chapter Rank #131time; length of time; moment; period
- 版图x1 | Chapter Rank #132domain; territory
- 逐渐x1 | Chapter Rank #133gradually
- 扩大x1 | Chapter Rank #134to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
- 差不多x1 | Chapter Rank #135almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- 包括x1 | Chapter Rank #136to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- 整个x1 | Chapter Rank #137whole; entire; total
- 长江流域x2 | Chapter Rank #45Changjiang or Yangtze river basin
- 由于x3 | Chapter Rank #26due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- 南方x2 | Chapter Rank #46south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- 劳动x1 | Chapter Rank #138work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]
- 人民x2 | Chapter Rank #47the people
- 努力x2 | Chapter Rank #48to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- 这个x2 | Chapter Rank #49(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 地区x1 | Chapter Rank #139region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- 生产x2 | Chapter Rank #50to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- 日益x3 | Chapter Rank #27day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
- 发展x1 | Chapter Rank #140development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- 文化x1 | Chapter Rank #141culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- 繁荣x1 | Chapter Rank #142prosperous; booming
- 终于x1 | Chapter Rank #143at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- 成为x2 | Chapter Rank #51to become; to turn into
- 可以x4 | Chapter Rank #20can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 西方x1 | Chapter Rank #144the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 秦国x2 | Chapter Rank #52the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- 东方x1 | Chapter Rank #145the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfangeast
- 齐国x2 | Chapter Rank #53Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
- 鼎足而立x1 | Chapter Rank #146
- 强大x1 | Chapter Rank #147big and strong; formidable; powerful
- 王国x1 | Chapter Rank #148kingdom; realm
- 就x2 | Chapter Rank #54(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 ...
- 文学x3 | Chapter Rank #28literature
- 方面x1 | Chapter Rank #149respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 说x3 | Chapter Rank #29to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 诗经x1 | Chapter Rank #150Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- 里x3 | Chapter Rank #30lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 周x1 | Chapter Rank #151surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financiallyweek; weekly
- 南x2 | Chapter Rank #55southused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]surname Nan
- 召x1 | Chapter Rank #152to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #153two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 部分x1 | Chapter Rank #154part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
- 中x5 | Chapter Rank #14(bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhongwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightto hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 可能x2 | Chapter Rank #56might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 有x5 | Chapter Rank #15to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 一些x1 | Chapter Rank #155some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 民歌x1 | Chapter Rank #156folk song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]
- 其他x1 | Chapter Rank #157other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- 古书x1 | Chapter Rank #158ancient book; old book
- 也x4 | Chapter Rank #21surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]