Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
- to discard; to abandon
- the inside
- a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items)
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- to take note of; to pay attention to
- 仁义 rén yì: 仁义 ren2 yi4: benevolence and righteousness仁义 rén yi: 仁义 ren2 yi5: affable and even-tempered
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
- extremely; exceedingly
- to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
- before the present; (a long period) ago
- staunch; strong
- not at all; simply (can) not
- sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
- by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
- sunset; the setting sun
- to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- each; respective; apiece
- to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current
- uncertain; unknown; fuzzy
- emotion; mood
- lit. ten thousand mile horse; fine steed
- to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)
- to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions); to extend (a time limit); to let out (a garment); to expand; to broaden
- lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
- endless; inexhaustible
- grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive
- the ways of the world; the morals of the time
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
- person; figure; public figure
- used in 招徠|招徕[zhao1 lai2]