Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- 获 hùo: 获 huo4: (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win获 hùo: 获 huo4: (bound form) to reap; to harvest
- as yet; until
- Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan; Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- a man; a male
- (formal) to back sb as leader
- to esteem; to think highly of; to accord importance to; to revere
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- figure; physique; form and structure
- to make; to manufacture
- obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer
- younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- in the end; after all; eventually
- to sin
- pig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund
- evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person
- from beginning to end; all along
- to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard
- life
- ancient; old; age-old
- country; nation; state
- to found a country
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- who would have thought that; who would have expected that
- 仲 zhòng: 仲 zhong4: second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers仲 Zhòng: 仲 Zhong4: surname Zhong
- 雍 Yōng: 雍 Yong1: surname Yong雍 yōng: 雍 yong1: harmony
- over there; yonder
- cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- 鹄 gǔ: 鹄 gu3: center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target鹄 hú: 鹄 hu2: swan
- (literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain
- 承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive承 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- 伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- 挚 Zhì: 挚 Zhi4: surname Zhi挚 zhì: 挚 zhi4: sincere
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- to punish; to penalize; to fine
- 黎 Lí: 黎 Li2: Li ethnic group of Hainan Province; surname Li; abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]黎 lí: 黎 li2: (literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- 狄 Dí: 狄 Di2: surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)狄 dí: 狄 di2: low ranking public official (old)
- one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1 xin1 shi4]
- to present; to bequeath
- 嘉 jiā: 嘉 jia1: excellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend嘉 Jiā: 嘉 Jia1: surname Jia