Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
- 结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
- cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
- 延 Yán: 延 Yan2: surname Yan延 yán: 延 yan2: to prolong; to extend; to delay
- to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to; to accumulate
- 羌 Qiāng: 羌 Qiang1: surname Qiang; Qiang ethnic group羌 qiāng: 羌 qiang1: muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
- to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly; luckily; fortunately; thanks to; (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- who; which; what
- clutch (in car gearbox); separation and reunion
- fifth
- in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- humanity; human race; mankind
- life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- each other; one another
- to adore; to admire
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- to love ardently; to adore
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- to reveal (indirectly, implicitly); to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
- have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4]
- to open wide; unrestrictedly
- to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)
- order; command; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- whirlwind; tornado
- to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance
- to open up a path; to make one's way through; to construct a road; (electricity) open circuit
- to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
- torrential rain; rainstorm; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]
- to clean; to sweep
- dust
- to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit
- to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- 山 Shān: 山 Shan1: surname Shan山 shān: 山 shan1: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- to follow precisely; to comply with
- 长寿 cháng shòu: 长寿 chang2 shou4: longevity; long-lived长寿 Cháng shòu: 长寿 Chang2 shou4: see 長壽區|长寿区[Chang2 shou4 Qu1]
- to die young; short-lived
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
- serene