Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
- name or river God associated with Yellow river
- (literary) person who dies for their country; martyr to the national cause
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
- Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2]; Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem
- excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract
- On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]
- (literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
- 江 jiāng: 江 jiang1: river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]江 Jiāng: 江 Jiang1: surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])
- 哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
- Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县
- mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
- ode; eulogy; to praise in writing; to wish (in letters)
- to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill; (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- jade
- nine; 9
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- bard; poet
- 和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- scholar
- 的 dī: 的 di1: a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的 dí: 的 di2: really and truly的 dì: 的 di4: (bound form) bull's-eye; target的 de: 的 de5: of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- 向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- to gather; to collect
- to edit; to compile; editor; compiler
- 王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang
- (bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- (formal) to apply; to carry out; to take action to (do sth) (used before a disyllabic verb, indicating that the action is directed at sth previously mentioned, e.g. 加以說明|加以说明[jia1 yi3 shuo1 ming2]); to apply (restrictions etc); to give (support, consideration etc); (literary) moreover; in addition
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- my country; our country
- history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- individual; personal; oneself