Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- people's livelihood; people's welfare
- difficult; hard; hardship
- (literary) bit (of a horse's bridle)
- bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn
- abuse
- (bound form) to regret; to repent
- popular sentiment
- jealousy; to be jealous of
- (fig.) beautiful woman
- 谓 Wèi: 谓 Wei4: surname Wei谓 wèi: 谓 wei4: to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- excess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved
- prevalent custom of the time
- to transgress
- lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved
- to correct an error
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- lit. carpenter's straight line marker; same as 墨斗; fig. rules; rules and regulations
- 追 dūi: 追 dui1: to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)追 zhūi: 追 zhui1: to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
- 曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 郁 yù: 郁 yu4: (bound form) strongly fragrant郁 Yù: 郁 Yu4: surname Yu郁 yù: 郁 yu4: (bound form) (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant; (bound form) melancholy; depressed
- city; village
- boast; despondent
- to detain; to hinder
- destitute; wretched poverty
- now; this moment
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- suddenly
- to go into exile; to be in exile
- cannot bear to
- (bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice
- previous life; former incarnation
- perimeter; range; (within) a radius of ...
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- 尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against
- (literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist; (literary) to seize; to steal; (literary) to perturb; Taiwan pr. [rang2]
- disgrace; to revile
- pure; innocent
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
- pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- life (one's time on earth)
- difficult; hard; challenging
- action; conduct; behavior; activity
- to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint