Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- to make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
- flowers and plants
- (bamboo); bamboo grove
- 黄 Huáng: 黄 Huang2: surname Huang or Hwang黄 huáng: 黄 huang2: yellow; pornographic; to fall through
- outstanding; prominent
- mist
- not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
- to rain
- (literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- 迟 Chí: 迟 Chi2: surname Chi迟 chí: 迟 chi2: late; delayed; slow
- evening; night; late
- how?; what?; why?
- blooming; in full flower
- to urge to stay; to detain
- Zoysia pungens
- third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- lumpy; rock pile; uneven; fig. sincere; open and honest
- rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc
- to pile up; to heap; accumulation
- indeed; true! (I agree with you)
- to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- thought; idea; intention
- after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
- apes and monkeys
- yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
- sound of wind; valiant; melancholy
- 萨 Sà: 萨 Sa4: surname Sa萨 sà: 萨 sa4: used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration
- distressed; laden with grief
- to die in childhood; war dead
- to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property
- sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point
- weapon; arms; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to crisscross; to intertwine
- wheel
- shield (CL:面[mian4]); (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
- same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
- weaponry; weapons; arms
- hunting
- to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
- to fall to the ground
- 埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters