Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- chaste
- 孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
- twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
- at first; devise; originate
- tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- regular (figure in geometry)
- honor and glory; glorious
- the late; deceased
- 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- first month of the lunar year
- birthday
- to watch; to look carefully at
- newborn; nascent; primary (biology)
- just now; then
- existing
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- (bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center; eccentric
- to thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- years of age; age
- mountain in ancient Chu
- to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
- (bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish; reckless
- to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
- 春 chūn: 春 chun1: spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life春 Chūn: 春 Chun1: surname Chun
- withered and fallen; scattered; sporadic
- past one's prime
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- inner; internal; intrinsic; innate
- to handle affairs; to deal with matters
- waist
- line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
- hardworking; diligent
- to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda
- 怕 pà: 怕 pa4: to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps怕 Pà: 怕 Pa4: surname Pa
- can't keep up with; can't catch up with; cannot overtake
- years; time
- to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 饶 Ráo: 饶 Rao2: surname Rao饶 ráo: 饶 rao2: rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although
- to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)