Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- some; certain (things)
- lateral side; side; aspect; profile
- to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful
- song lyric; lyrics
- to contain; to embody; to include
- legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology
- dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color)
- graceful; fine; elegant
- to imagine; to envision; imagination
- environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
- atmosphere; mood
- rendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting); to exaggerate; to embellish
- psychology; mentality
- to portray
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 成功 Chéng gōng: 成功 Cheng2 gong1: Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan成功 chéng gōng: 成功 cheng2 gong1: to succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- touching; moving
- many; a lot of; much
- words and sentences
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- widely known; on everyone's lips
- propitious day; lucky day
- (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
- 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
- good; very; very much
- 穆 Mù: 穆 Mu4: surname Mu穆 mù: 穆 mu4: solemn; reverent; calm; burial position in an ancestral tomb (old)
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request
- pleased
- 皇 huáng: 皇 huang2: emperor皇 Huáng: 皇 Huang2: surname Huang
- to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress; an old term for province or provincial governor
- pearl or jade earring
- (gem); to tinkle
- tinkling of small bells
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- glittering jewels
- 瑶 Yáo: 瑶 Yao2: surname Yao; Yao ethnic group瑶 yáo: 瑶 yao2: jade; precious stone; mother-of-pearl; nacre; precious; used a complementary honorific
- 席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- 瑱 tiàn: 瑱 tian4: (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk; (literary) to fill up瑱 zhèn: 瑱 zhen4: jade weight
- why not
- 琼 qíong: 琼 qiong2: jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite (e.g. wine, food); abbr. for Hainan province琼 Qíong: 琼 Qiong2: short name for Hainan 海南[Hai3 nan2]
- fragrant
- Coumarouna odorata
- meat dishes; mixed viands
- to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)