Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- to relay; to retell
- then; at that time; in those days
- heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- to form; to take shape
- according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- what?; something; anything
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- universe; cosmos; space
- (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct
- see 混沌[hun4 dun4]
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
- to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign; CL:場|场[chang3]
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- reason; cause
- matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine
- talent; ability; capacity
- all things; all that exists
- they; them
- origin; to originate; to come from
- how about; what kind of
- 圜 huán: 圜 huan2: circle; encircle圜 yuán: 圜 yuan2: circle; round
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- 度 dúo: 度 duo2: to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]度 dù: 度 du4: to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences
- 兹 cí: 兹 ci2: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]兹 zī: 兹 zi1: (literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
- meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- to turn
- 维 Wéi: 维 Wei2: abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3]; surname Wei维 wéi: 维 wei2: to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
- 加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- southeast
- to lay; to place; to put in a certain place
- 属 zhǔ: 属 zhu3: to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on属 shǔ: 属 shu3: category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute
- corner
- bay; cove
- who would have thought; unexpectedly
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- God; Heavens
- in total there are ...; to own jointly
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine