Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- dawn; daybreak
- to get dark; dusk
- skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis
- rabbit
- belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- surname Qi; also used in place names
- 伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang
- 惠 Hùi: 惠 Hui4: surname Hui惠 hùi: 惠 hui4: (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4])
- door; to close; whole
- bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
- 臧 Zāng: 臧 Zang1: surname Zang臧 zāng: 臧 zang1: good; right
- husband
- (bound form) epidemic; plague
- auspicious sign
- to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
- light; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object
- bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- confused; extinguished; (onom.) used in 汩汩[gu3 gu3]
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- 师 shī: 师 shi1: teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops师 Shī: 师 Shi1: surname Shi
- 尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem
- all
- why not?; why not do (sth)?
- subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- scops owl
- 龟 gūi: 龟 gui1: tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold龟 qīu: 龟 qiu1: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
- bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title
- Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
- to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire
- 刑 Xíng: 刑 Xing2: surname Xing刑 xíng: 刑 xing2: punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment
- to restrain; to check; to hold back
- Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
- (literary) to compile; to edit; (coll.) (hairstyle) bun; chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3 r5]); red silk ribbon
- beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
- to continue; to replenish
- to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 业 Yè: 业 Ye4: surname Ye业 yè: 业 ye4: line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- 洪 Hóng: 洪 Hong2: surname Hong洪 hóng: 洪 hong2: flood; big; great
- spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- fill in
- grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book
- 历 lì: 历 li4: calendar历 lì: 历 li4: to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- surname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]