Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- 桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang
- 氏 shì: 氏 shi4: (bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan"); (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏[Li3 Wang2 shi4] "Mrs. Li, née Wang"); (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures氏 zhī: 氏 zhi1: used in 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]; used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
- to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying
- prisoner
- to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- sin; offense
- can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to incite disharmony; to instigate
- oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
- to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
- 苍 cāng: 苍 cang1: dark blue; deep green; ash-gray苍 Cāng: 苍 Cang1: surname Cang
- to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 咨 zī: 咨 zi1: used in 咨文[zi1 wen2]; used in 咨嗟[zi1 jie1]咨 zī: 咨 zi1: (bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
- sigh; also pr. [jue1]
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 殷 yīn: 殷 yin1: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable殷 yǐn: 殷 yin3: roll of thunder殷 Yīn: 殷 Yin1: surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan殷 yān: 殷 yan1: dark red
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
- (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
- soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
- to fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle; to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc); to capture prey
- to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)
- 尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (bound form) corpse
- to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
- to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist
- personally; in person; oneself
- stratagem; scheme
- to dispatch an army; to send troops
- stable; calm; settled; to stabilize; Valium; diazepam
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- heavy responsibility
- final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
- title of king; kingship
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]