Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)
- to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
- winter
- warm
- summer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- bitter cold; severe winter
- Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan
- beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- 熊 xíong: 熊 xiong2: bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable熊 Xíong: 熊 Xiong2: surname Xiong
- male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- 虺 hūi: 虺 hui1: sick; with no ambition虺 hǔi: 虺 hui3: mythical venomous snake
- (literary) suddenly
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 靡 mí: 靡 mi2: to waste (money)靡 mǐ: 靡 mi3: extravagant; go with fashion; not
- duckweed
- thoroughfare
- male nettle-hemp
- 安居 ān jū: 安居 An1 ju1: see 安居區|安居区[An1 ju1 Qu1]安居 ān jū: 安居 an1 ju1: to settle down; to live peacefully
- see 黑水縣|黑水县[Hei1 shui3 Xian4]
- toe
- 危 Wēi: 危 Wei1: surname Wei危 wēi: 危 wei1: danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- see 鯪|鲮[ling2]
- chief; head; outstanding; exceptional; stalwart
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- 处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- surname Yi; name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿[Hou4 Yi4])
- 乌 wū: 乌 wu1: crow; black乌 wù: 乌 wu4: used in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4 la5]; used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4 la5 cao3]乌 Wū: 乌 Wu1: abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wu
- 解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
- beast; wild animal
- discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal
- to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent
- 背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
- magical; miraculous; mystical
- 蛇 shé: 蛇 she2: snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]蛇 yí: 蛇 yi2: used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
- 哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- immortality
- to guard; to watch over
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- 杈 chà: 杈 cha4: branches of a tree; fork of a tree杈 chā: 杈 cha1: fork of a tree; pitchfork
- fantastic; bizarre; odd; exotic; astonished