Vocabulary: 楚辞选
- fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
- promiscuous
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
- self-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident; conceited
- brave
- lust
- every day
- pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
- see 忘乎所以[wang4 hu1 suo3 yi3]
- head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land
- abnormal; improper; beyond the pale
- disaster
- to chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)
- Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
- to revere
- wary
- to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- complete; whole; totally; entirely
- 正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)
- to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- sage
- to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention
- to lose shape; to deform
- to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- selfishness; selfish motives
- to see
- (literary) to give; to accord; to render
- sage ruler
- to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- territory
- to look far ahead; to look forward (to)
- intent; intention; to intend
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- comprehensive; thorough; to bring one's help; to assist
- achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
- good
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- danger; dangerous
- in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
- measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity; (math.) metric
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- wedge; peg; stopper; prologue (in some modern novels); prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama
- to endure hardship; to suffer