Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- 宣 xuān: 宣 xuan1: to declare (publicly); to announce宣 Xuān: 宣 Xuan1: surname Xuan
- spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree
- the Sun God; Apollo
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- 霓 ní: 霓 ni2: Japanese cicada霓 ní: 霓 ni2: secondary rainbow
- the sky; the heavens
- 恶 wù: 恶 wu4: to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander恶 è: 恶 e4: evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm恶 ě: 恶 e3: used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- 胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- to descend; to land
- 斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- to grab hold of; to capture
- to bite; to nip
- far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
- dark; darkly; darkness
- to love each other
- lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream
- wave; (water) ripple
- 参 cān: 参 can1: to take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel; unequal; varied; irregular; uneven; not uniform; abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House参 cēn: 参 cen1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]参 shēn: 参 shen1: ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
- people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- to drive a vehicle
- both sides; either side
- to rise; to originate; source; derivation
- wide; open (spaces); to open up
- distant; faraway; remote
- (literary) awake or asleep; (fig.) all the time; constantly
- extremely
- bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- 斯 sī: 斯 si1: (phonetic); this斯 Sī: 斯 Si1: Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]
- (bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent
- to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
- flood
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
- dowry
- modal particle
- to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out
- trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown
- plant; vegetation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation
- compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- 温和 wēn huo: 温和 wen1 huo5: lukewarm温和 wēn hé: 温和 wen1 he2: mild; gentle; moderate
- to be good at; to be adept at
- decorative design