Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- (say) a few words
- for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
- oft-quoted phrase; famous line
- autumn; CL:個|个[ge4]
- numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
- dark green
- leaf (CL:片[pian4]); (slang) marijuana
- snow white
- to exert a gradual influence; to nurture; a corrupting influence
- on the body; at hand; among
- everyone; every person
- there is no need; why should
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- vigorous; exuberant
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- to make sheep eyes at; to cast amorous glances at
- 没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- to say goodbye; to take one's leave
- sad; sorrowful
- to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)
- happy; joyful
- to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
- to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- Kingdom of Heaven
- open area outside the city; countryside
- station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud
- to bathe; to take a bath; (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in
- long hair
- to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder
- rising sun; sunshine
- 谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: grain; corn谷 Gǔ: 谷 Gu3: surname Gu谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: valley
- to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- in the wind; facing the wind; downwind
- to sing loudly; to lift one's voice in song
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
- peafowl; peacock
- tail feathers; plume
- car roof
- jadeite; tree kingfisher