Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- to evade; to flee; to escape
- to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- garden plot
- a miscellany; a potpourri
- Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
- not only; far from; more than
- 般 pán: 般 pan2: see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]般 bō: 般 bo1: used in 般若[bo1 re3]般 bān: 般 ban1: sort; kind; class; way; manner
- outstanding; excellent
- Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- Yu Shun, one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4]
- upright; upstanding; honest
- to go along; to follow
- the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
- highway; level road
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- sinister; vicious; wicked; evil
- to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
- ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
- (idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes
- see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]
- to indulge oneself
- future (career etc) prospects
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- to invite disaster
- I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely
- dynasty
- to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
- to tend; to take care of sb
- to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for
- footstep; step
- to experience; to observe
- to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears
- slander; slanderous report; calumny; false charge
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- firmament
- to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence
- words and actions; what one says and what one does