Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- Han River (Hanshui)
- to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- to hate; to regret
- tyrannical; brutal (regime)
- to entice; to lure; to scam; to hoodwink; to decoy
- 枚 méi: 枚 mei2: classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy枚 Méi: 枚 Mei2: surname Mei
- to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
- shoe; to tread on
- footprint; track; spoor
- nursery rhyme
- omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- this; these
- Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
- to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
- to help; to assist
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- barely; only; merely
- 十一 Shí Yī: 十一 Shi2 Yi1: PRC National Day (October 1st)十一 shí yī: 十一 shi2 yi1: eleven; 11
- 申 shēn: 申 shen1: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°申 Shēn: 申 Shen1: old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen
- 侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official
- Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China
- Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
- 包 Bāo: 包 Bao1: surname Bao包 bāo: 包 bao1: to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- to bless and protect; blessing
- to rhyme; sometimes written 壓韻|压韵
- 春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
- the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
- the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties
- 权 Quán: 权 Quan2: surname Quan权 quán: 权 quan2: authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary
- corpse; dead body
- must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- to put dead body in coffin
- to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
- outside the door
- to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)