Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- surname Min
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- widower
- 姚 yáo: 姚 yao2: handsome; good-looking姚 Yáo: 姚 Yao2: surname Yao
- 亲 qìng: 亲 qing4: parents-in-law of one's offspring亲 qīn: 亲 qin1: parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear
- (bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
- 100 million
- semicircular jade ornament
- 台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai台 tāi: 台 tai1: used in place names台 tái: 台 tai2: (classical) you (in letters)台 tái: 台 tai2: desk; table; counter台 Tái: 台 Tai2: Taiwan (abbr.)台 tái: 台 tai2: platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; station; broadcasting station; classifier for vehicles or machines台 tái: 台 tai2: typhoon
- completely
- to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold
- to scheme; to plot; conspiracy
- to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- like this; so; such
- generous treatment
- to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy)
- ship; boat; vessel
- 过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- to attack (the enemy)
- to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained
- to die
- father and mother; parents
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
- to take a wife; to get married (man)
- 双 shuāng: 双 shuang1: two; double; pair; both; even (number)双 Shuāng: 双 Shuang1: surname Shuang
- 告诉 gào su: 告诉 gao4 su5: to tell; to inform; to let know告诉 gào sù: 告诉 gao4 su4: to press charges; to file a complaint
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
- 纣 Zhòu: 纣 Zhou4: Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)纣 zhòu: 纣 zhou4: crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
- luxurious; extravagant
- just recently; just a moment ago
- to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]
- moral character
- to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
- to construct; to build
- place to return to; home; final destination; ending
- Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
- craftsman
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- (literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
- hog; swine
- to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither