Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- (bound form) rat; mouse
- the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
- Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
- to burn to death
- 毕 Bì: 毕 Bi4: surname Bi毕 bì: 毕 bi4: the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- each; every
- the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- 蹲 dūn: 蹲 dun1: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)蹲 cún: 蹲 cun2: (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
- to hit the target
- to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)
- Dijun, Shang dynasty protector God, possibly same as legendary Emperor 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- nationality; ethnic group
- belief; to believe (in sth)
- suffering; misery; hardship
- river god
- see 龍遊縣|龙游县[Long2 you2 Xian4]
- river bank
- 宓 Mì: 宓 Mi4: surname Mi宓 mì: 宓 mi4: still; silent
- 密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state
- jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- 大拇指 Dà mu zhǐ: 大拇指 Da4 mu5 zhi3: Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)大拇指 dà mu zhǐ: 大拇指 da4 mu5 zhi3: thumb
- 冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: winter冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat冬 Dōng: 冬 Dong1: surname Dong
- to seize; to usurp
- 旋 xuán: 旋 xuan2: to revolve; a loop; a circle旋 xuàn: 旋 xuan4: to whirl; immediately
- to conspire
- to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
- to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide
- used in the names of various herbaceous plants
- to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- 蒲 Pú: 蒲 Pu2: surname Pu; old place name蒲 pú: 蒲 pu2: refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush
- to weave; to knit
- 莞 guān: 莞 guan1: Skimmia japonica莞 wǎn: 莞 wan3: smile莞 guǎn: 莞 guan3: (district)
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to till; to cultivate
- Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- to weed
- to weed
- (adjective) other
- 凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: terrible; fearful凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine
- to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- to kill; to murder
- crime; evil; sin