Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- naked
- 伍 wǔ: 伍 wu3: squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)伍 Wǔ: 伍 Wu3: surname Wu
- to be all the same way (literary)
- 董 Dǒng: 董 Dong3: surname Dong董 dǒng: 董 dong3: to supervise; to direct; director
- 豫 yù: 豫 yu4: happy; carefree; at one's ease豫 Yù: 豫 Yu4: short name for Henan 河南[He2 nan2]
- lifelong; all one's life; marriage
- magpie
- 巢 Cháo: 巢 Chao2: surname Chao巢 cháo: 巢 chao2: nest
- 薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省[Jiang1 nan2 Sheng3]; see 江南區|江南区[Jiang1 nan2 Qu1]
- to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
- to express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions)
- sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
- and; as well as
- determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- from childhood; from a young age
- one's later years
- still; as before
- to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation
- singularly beautiful; weird and wonderful
- to be just about to; to be on the point of
- no more; no longer
- 青龙 Qīng lóng: 青龙 Qing1 long2: Azure Dragon, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, representing the east and the spring season; see 青龍滿族自治縣|青龙满族自治县[Qing1 long2 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]青龙 qīng lóng: 青龙 qing1 long2: (slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit)
- see 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[Yu4 shu4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 玉樹市|玉树市[Yu4 shu4 Shi4]
- to climb; to pull oneself up; to clamber; to scale; fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger
- food cereals
- intimate friend; soul mate
- Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- to survey the scene from an elevated position
- 唉 āi: 唉 ai1: interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh唉 ài: 唉 ai4: alas; oh dear
- cold wind
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- to park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc); to leave sth (in a place)
- to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
- to attack; to batter; (of waves) to pound against; shock; impact
- whirlpool; eddy; vortex; (fig.) maelstrom
- roundabout route; circuitous; tortuous; to outflank; indirect; roundabout
- 荡漾 dàng yàng: 荡漾 dang4 yang4: to ripple; to undulate; also written 蕩漾|荡漾[dang4 yang4]荡漾 dàng yàng: 荡漾 dang4 yang4: to ripple; to undulate
- to put up a guest; to stay overnight
- character