Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- 妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children
- to conspire; to plot together
- power and position (politics)
- on the contrary; instead
- to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- 人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- to absorb
- to hinder; to block; to obstruct
- punitive expedition to the west
- cliff; rock
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 咸 xián: 咸 xian2: all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious咸 Xián: 咸 Xian2: surname Xian咸 xián: 咸 xian2: salted; salty; stingy; miserly
- black millet
- broomcorn millet; glutinous millet
- used in 莆田[Pu2 tian2] (the name of a place in Fujian)
- (archaic) stork; heron
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- 奔 bèn: 奔 ben4: to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [ben1]奔 bēn: 奔 ben1: to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
- extremely; utterly
- dangerous and difficult (path)
- see 黃龍縣|黄龙县[Huang2 long2 Xian4]
- deep pool; deep; profound
- to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)
- 教 Jiào: 教 Jiao4: surname Jiao教 jiāo: 教 jiao1: to teach; to instruct教 jiào: 教 jiao4: (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- 播种 bō zhòng: 播种 bo1 zhong4: to grow (maize etc) from seed; to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed播种 bō zhǒng: 播种 bo1 zhong3: to sow seeds
- 黑 Hēi: 黑 Hei1: short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]黑 hēi: 黑 hei1: black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate
- together
- penalty; punishment; to punish
- don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- crime; offense
- lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom); fig. innumerable (crimes)
- Japanese cicada
- infant; baby
- luxuriant growth
- for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
- good medicine; panacea; fig. a good solution; a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
- type; form; pattern; style
- 丧 sāng: 丧 sang1: mourning; funeral; (old) corpse丧 sàng: 丧 sang4: to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- 体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- 兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)
- sports association (abbr. for 體育協會|体育协会[ti3 yu4 xie2 hui4])