Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- fish scales
- 阙 Què: 阙 Que4: surname Que阙 quē: 阙 que1: used in place of 缺 (old); mistake阙 què: 阙 que4: Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
- 朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: vermilion朱 Zhū: 朱 Zhu1: surname Zhu朱 zhū: 朱 zhu1: (bound form) cinnabar
- sea turtle
- (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
- 文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- drain dry; to exhaust
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to fight hand to hand
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- torrential
- neighbor; adjacent; close to
- maid escorting bride to new home; concubine
- Yellow River or Huang He
- front; the front side; in front of
- lover; sweetheart
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- tributary (river)
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
- apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
- (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount
- Kunlun Mountain range
- four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- happy; entirely free from worry
- will; shall; to be going to
- to return (to)
- to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- main hall; honorific for one's parents (old)
- to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
- door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
- pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]); (fig.) teardrop; tear
- to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish
- palace hall
- 骑 jì: 骑 ji4: (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier骑 qí: 骑 qi2: to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- (of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light; (old) wine cup; (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash); (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
- softshell turtle