Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- to pluck; to pick
- to bring; to fetch; to get
- to present as a gift
- female companion
- cannot; must not; should not
- for the time being; tentatively
- to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- to worry about
- 予 yú: 予 yu2: (archaic) I; me予 yǔ: 予 yu3: (literary) to give
- rising in spirals
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- 白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- wedding day; day of tryst
- 张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang
- 何 Hé: 何 He2: surname He何 hé: 何 he2: what; how; why; which; carry
- collect; collection; dense; grassy; thick; assemble; gather
- large square net
- 何为 hé wèi: 何为 he2 wei4: (old) why何为 hé wéi: 何为 he2 wei2: what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
- aromatic plant, possibly Dahurian angelica 白芷[bai2 zhi3] (archaic)
- son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)
- to be bold enough to speak out
- desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- 忽 hū: 忽 hu1: to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly忽 Hū: 忽 Hu1: surname Hu
- to gaze afar; to look into the distance
- 观 guàn: 观 guan4: Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform观 Guàn: 观 Guan4: surname Guan观 guān: 观 guan1: to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook
- 麋 Mí: 麋 Mi2: surname Mi麋 mí: 麋 mi2: moose; river bank
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- main hall; front courtyard; law court
- a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
- (bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2 yi4] "of Chinese descent"); (literary) distant lands; (literary) fringe; periphery
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 济 Jǐ: 济 Ji3: used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]; surname Ji济 jì: 济 ji4: to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help济 jǐ: 济 ji3: used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]
- 西 xī: 西 xi1: west西 Xī: 西 Xi1: the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish
- bank; shore; name of a river
- 闻 Wén: 闻 Wen2: surname Wen闻 wén: 闻 wen2: to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
- beautiful woman
- (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
- in company with
- (of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- to repair
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 荷 Hé: 荷 He2: Holland; the Netherlands (abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[He2 lan2])荷 hé: 荷 he2: lotus荷 hè: 荷 he4: to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge