Vocabulary: 楚辞选

• hé fánghe2 fang2何妨x1 | Book Rank #5760what harm is there in (doing sth)
• bù miǎnbu4 mian3不免x3 | Book Rank #2051inevitably
• mí shīmi2 shi1迷失x1 | Book Rank #5761to get lost; to lose one's bearings
• fāng xiàngfang1 xiang4方向x2 | Book Rank #3250direction; orientation
• yīn ànyin1 an4阴暗x2 | Book Rank #3251dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
• zhèng shìzheng4 shi4正是x3 | Book Rank #2052is precisely
• gāo jùngao1 jun4高峻x1 | Book Rank #5762high and steep
• Shān xiàShan1 xia4山下x1 | Book Rank #5763Yamashita (Japanese surname)
• yīn chén chényin1 chen2 chen2阴沉沉x1 | Book Rank #5764dark (weather, mood)
• wú biān wú jìwu2 bian1 wu2 ji4无边无际x1 | Book Rank #5765(idiom) boundless; limitless
• wū yán xiàwu1 yan2 xia4屋檐下x1 | Book Rank #5766
• yī shēngyi1 sheng1一生x1 | Book Rank #5767all one's life; throughout one's life
• lè qùle4 qu4乐趣x1 | Book Rank #5768delight; pleasure; joy
• nìng kěnning4 ken3宁肯x2 | Book Rank #3252would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
• fèn shìfen4 shi4愤世x2 | Book Rank #3253
• tìti4剃x2 | Book Rank #3254剃 tì: 剃 ti4: to shave剃 tì: 剃 ti4: shave; to weed
• tóu fatou2 fa5头发x2 | Book Rank #3255hair (on the head)
• yī bù bì tǐyi1 bu4 bi4 ti3衣不蔽体x1 | Book Rank #5769lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom); fig. poverty-stricken
• xián míngxian2 ming2贤明x1 | Book Rank #5770wise and capable; sagacious
• chū rén tóu dìchu1 ren2 tou2 di4出人头地x1 | Book Rank #5771to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel
• Wǔ Zǐ xūWu3 Zi3 xu1伍子胥x2 | Book Rank #3256Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.
• sǔo yǒusuo3 you3所有x3 | Book Rank #2053all; to have; to possess; to own
• yuàn qìyuan4 qi4怨气x1 | Book Rank #5772grievance; resentment; complaint
• yī bèi ziyi1 bei4 zi5一辈子x1 | Book Rank #5773(for) a lifetime
• chǔ zàichu3 zai4处在x2 | Book Rank #3257to be situated at; to find oneself at
• jìng dìjing4 di4境地x1 | Book Rank #5774circumstances
• yuè fēi yuèyue4 fei1 yue4越飞越x1 | Book Rank #5775
• kēke1窠x2 | Book Rank #3258nest
• tíng qiánting2 qian2庭前x1 | Book Rank #5776
• rùi xiāngrui4 xiang1瑞香x2 | Book Rank #3259winter daphne
• kū sǐku1 si3枯死x1 | Book Rank #5777(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
• lín xiàlin2 xia4林下x1 | Book Rank #5778
• cǎo jiāncao3 jian1草间x1 | Book Rank #5779
• xīng chòuxing1 chou4腥臭x1 | Book Rank #5780fishy and smelly
• yī gàiyi1 gai4一概x3 | Book Rank #2054all; without any exceptions; categorically
• jìn qiánjin4 qian2近前x1 | Book Rank #5781to come close; to get near to; front
• dào zhuàn, dào zhuǎndao4 zhuan4, dao4 zhuan3倒转x1 | Book Rank #5782倒转 dào zhuàn: 倒转 dao4 zhuan4: (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse; Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3]倒转 dào zhuǎn: 倒转 dao4 zhuan3: to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
• zhōng xìnzhong1 xin4忠信x1 | Book Rank #5783faithful and honest; loyal and sincere
• yuǎn zǒu tā xiāngyuan3 zou3 ta1 xiang1远走他乡x1 | Book Rank #5784
• bǎi xìngbai3 xing4百姓x2 | Book Rank #3260common people
• zhènzhen4震x2 | Book Rank #3261to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
• qiānqian1愆x2 | Book Rank #3262fault; transgression
• lí sànli2 san4离散x4 | Book Rank #1495(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed; (math.) discrete
• zhòng chūnzhong4 chun1仲春x1 | Book Rank #5785
• gúo ménguo2 men2国门x2 | Book Rank #3263(archaic) capital's gate; country's border
• zhěnzhen3轸x5 | Book Rank #1125square; strongly (as of emotion)
• jiǎjia3甲x4 | Book Rank #1496first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
• lǘlu:2闾x2 | Book Rank #3264gate of a village; village
• chāochao1怊x2 | Book Rank #3265(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated
• jíji2楫x2 | Book Rank #3266oar (archaic)