Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- 跑 pǎo: 跑 pao3: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off跑 páo: 跑 pao2: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
- to be used for
- to have one's wishes fulfilled
- in a daze; bewildered
- to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
- to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused
- deer
- Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered
- wooded mountain; mountain forest
- hidden; potential; latent
- to woo
- hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
- 落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
- 世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
- to disseminate
- to call; to be called
- eyebrow; upper margin
- beam
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
- to weave; to plait
- to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- tent
- 辟 bì: 辟 bi4: (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service辟 pì: 辟 pi4: penal law辟 pì: 辟 pi4: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- 通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- thumb; to break; to tear; to pierce; to split
- generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
- (tree)
- should; ought to
- curtain
- twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
- fragrant
- to spread; to propagate; to disseminate
- see 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
- the sleeve of a garment
- (bound form) butterfly
- vest; undershirt; shirt
- sandbar; shoal; sandbank