Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- how
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc); to select; to pick out; to borrow money at a time of urgent need
- lotus
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- summit
- identical; same
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- 合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- kindness; affection; grace; favor
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- sand and stones
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- murmur; babble (sound of water)
- (of a vehicle) to travel at high speed
- to soar; to wheel about in the sky
- (of roads, lines etc) to intersect; (of people) to associate with one another; to become friends
- devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty
- to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor
- to keep promises
- 约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- river bank
- to run; to rush about; to be on the go
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- 宿 sù: 宿 su4: lodge for the night; old; former宿 xǐu: 宿 xiu3: night; classifier for nights宿 xìu: 宿 xiu4: constellation宿 Sù: 宿 Su4: surname Su
- to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
- bird
- (of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
- running water; (business) turnover
- to linger on; to hover; to encircle
- ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
- jade pendant; jade ornament
- Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖
- to grow all over
- aromatic herb; vanilla; alternative name for Eupatorium fortunei; (fig.) loyal and dependable person (old)