Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- monograph; specialized text
- to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- feudal society
- initial stage; beginning period
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- vassal state
- place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]
- now; at present; currently
- Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4] (short name 鄂[E4])
- western part
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
- time; length of time; moment; period
- domain; territory
- gradually
- to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
- almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of
- whole; entire; total
- Changjiang or Yangtze river basin
- due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]
- the people
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- prosperous; booming
- at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- to become; to turn into
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- 东方 Dōng fāng: 东方 Dong1 fang1: the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang东方 dōng fāng: 东方 dong1 fang1: east
- Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
- big and strong; formidable; powerful
- kingdom; realm
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- literature
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels