Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- stamen; pistil
- 矫 jiáo: 矫 jiao2: used in 矯情|矫情[jiao2 qing5]矫 jiǎo: 矫 jiao3: to correct; to rectify; to redress; strong; brave; to pretend; to feign; affectation矫 Jiǎo: 矫 Jiao3: surname Jiao
- 索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
- rope; CL:根[gen1]
- 法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- profane; secular; worldly
- blinded by greed (idiom)
- ugly; repulsive
- to weigh; to examine; to consider
- to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
- to be jealous of; to envy
- (literary) we; us
- only
- to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
- to approach; to come closer
- reputation
- to set up; to establish
- 喝 hē: 喝 he1: to drink喝 hè: 喝 he4: to shout
- magnolia
- dewdrop
- to wither (and drop off); to wilt; to pass away
- so long as; provided; if
- sentiments; feelings; disposition of mind; moral character
- really; indeed
- firm; unswerving; loyal to the end
- appearance; facial features; look
- wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- tree
- fibrous root
- fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
- to combine; to join; to link
- to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc); to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes); to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
- to twirl (in the fingers)
- a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- world; earth
- common people; laity (i.e. not priests)
- satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- to conflict; to contradict
- would rather ... (than ...)
- in accordance with; to follow (the rules)
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack