Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- to entangle; to hinder; to impede movement
- (military) commander-in-chief; (sports) team manager; coach
- to be frightened; fear; dread
- power; force; strength
- to strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
- illustrious; celebrated
- heroes
- to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together
- 巴 bā: 巴 ba1: to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail巴 Bā: 巴 Ba1: Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- calm; unruffled
- everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
- outside; excluding
- long poem
- one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
- to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- a few; several; how many
- to ask; to inquire
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- to explore; to probe
- thing; object
- origin; root (cause)
- to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- sentence pattern; sentence structure; syntax
- flexible; nimble; agile
- syllable
- to speak; to say
- 遂 sùi: 遂 sui4: to satisfy; to succeed; then; thereupon; finally; unexpectedly; to proceed; to reach遂 súi: 遂 sui2: used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2]; Taiwan pr. [sui4]
- to lecture on doctrine; to expound the wisdom of ancient sages; to preach; a sermon
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- to appear; to look; form; shape
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- dark; deep; stupid; the underworld
- bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly
- eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- 冯 Féng: 冯 Feng2: surname Feng冯 píng: 冯 ping2: to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great
- 翼 yì: 翼 yi4: wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy翼 Yì: 翼 Yi4: surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)
- 识 zhì: 识 zhi4: to record; to write a footnote识 shí: 识 shi2: to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- Excuse me, may I ask...?
- antiquity; ancient times
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]