Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- influential officials; bigwigs
- (idiom) to live in poverty and despair; down and out; destitute and without hope
- to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
- style of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling
- scenery
- (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
- country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
- to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
- hilltop
- stream
- tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- to collect water; to be covered with water; to pond; accumulated water; ponding
- to wane; to vanish gradually
- clear and crystalline (of water)
- slight; light; trivial; to a small extent
- a nip in the air; chilliness
- old friend
- stranger; living person; to give birth; to be born (in a certain time or place)
- to encounter (sth unpleasant)
- adversity; predicament
- (of an official) to lose one's job
- to feel indignant; to feel aggrieved
- lonely; solitary
- to live away from home
- different place; abroad
- distracted; listless; in low spirits
- to take pity on; pity; mercy
- to keep silent
- wild goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- noisy; clamorous
- (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
- to fall asleep
- middle age
- (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
- to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
- continuous; to interpret; to unravel; to draw silk (old)
- guest from afar
- to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
- to leave; to abandon