Vocabulary: 前言
from 楚辞选
- 零星x1 | Chapter Rank #159fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
- 记载x1 | Chapter Rank #160to write down; to record; written account
- 了x9 | Chapter Rank #6to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 几首x1 | Chapter Rank #161
- 诗歌x2 | Chapter Rank #57poem; CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4]
- 如x1 | Chapter Rank #162as; as if; such as
- 苑x1 | Chapter Rank #163(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park; (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)surname Yuan
- 善x1 | Chapter Rank #164good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 篇x2 | Chapter Rank #58sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- 载x3 | Chapter Rank #31to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; yearto carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- 越x1 | Chapter Rank #165generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 歌x4 | Chapter Rank #22song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- 论语x1 | Chapter Rank #166The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- 微x1 | Chapter Rank #167tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #168noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 接x1 | Chapter Rank #169to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- 舆x1 | Chapter Rank #170(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
- 左传x1 | Chapter Rank #171Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- 哀x1 | Chapter Rank #172Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2](bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
- 公x1 | Chapter Rank #173public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 十三x1 | Chapter Rank #174thirteen; 13
- 年x7 | Chapter Rank #8surname Nianyear; CL:個|个[ge4]grain; harvest (old)
- 庚x1 | Chapter Rank #175age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; seventh in order; letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 255°; hepta
- 癸x1 | Chapter Rank #176tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; tenth in order; letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 15°; deca
- 等等x1 | Chapter Rank #177et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- 但x2 | Chapter Rank #59but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 更x1 | Chapter Rank #178to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 重要x2 | Chapter Rank #60important; significant; major
- 当x1 | Chapter Rank #179(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 推x1 | Chapter Rank #180to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- 九歌x4 | Chapter Rank #23
- 十一篇x1 | Chapter Rank #181
- 原来x1 | Chapter Rank #182original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 以前x1 | Chapter Rank #183before; formerly; previous; ago
- 民间x1 | Chapter Rank #184among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- 祭x1 | Chapter Rank #185to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festivalsurname Zhai
- 当时x2 | Chapter Rank #61immediately; right thenthen; at that time
- 时代x1 | Chapter Rank #186Time, US weekly news magazineage; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 限制x1 | Chapter Rank #187to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 人们x2 | Chapter Rank #62people
- 还x3 | Chapter Rank #32surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 相信x1 | Chapter Rank #188to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
- 祭神x1 | Chapter Rank #189
- 求得x1 | Chapter Rank #190to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain
- 神x3 | Chapter Rank #33Godgod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- 对x5 | Chapter Rank #16right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 生活x1 | Chapter Rank #191to live; life; livelihood
- 佑护x1 | Chapter Rank #192blessing
- 甚至x1 | Chapter Rank #193even; so much so that
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #194to believe; to think; to consider; to feel