Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
- downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- exclamation; outcry; shout; yell
- (small) bell; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
- to see; to catch sight of
- to advance; to step forward
- to ask sb a question; question
- 吕 lǚ: 吕 lu:3: pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system吕 Lǚ: 吕 Lu:3: surname Lü
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- to rule a country
- King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
- 益 Yì: 益 Yi4: surname Yi益 yì: 益 yi4: benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
- chest; heart; mind
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence
- Berlin, capital of Germany
- 勾 gōu: 勾 gou1: to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude勾 gòu: 勾 gou4: used in 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]勾 Gōu: 勾 Gou1: surname Gou
- to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
- biographic sketch of an emperor
- to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate
- pearls and jades; jewels; clever remark; beautiful writing; gems of wisdom; genius; outstanding person
- to misread; (fig.) to misunderstand; to misinterpret
- to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- 火 Hǔo: 火 Huo3: surname Huo火 hǔo: 火 huo3: fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
- also
- to shake; to sway
- person's lot through life
- (bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
- to transition to a new dynasty or regime
- to warn; to alert; to be on the alert; to stand guard; sentinel
- to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
- surname Jian
- pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
- harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate
- seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences
- meat soup; broth
- to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content
- monarch
- 省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)