Vocabulary: 第一回 纣王女娲宫进香
from 封神演义
- 外x2 | Chapter Rank #256outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 壬x1 | Chapter Rank #641ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; ninth in order; letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 345°; nona
- 河x1 | Chapter Rank #642river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- 亶x1 | Chapter Rank #643surname Dansincere
- 祖x5 | Chapter Rank #82ancestor; forefather; grandparentssurname Zu
- 辛x3 | Chapter Rank #153(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octasurname Xin
- 阳x1 | Chapter Rank #644positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- 盘x1 | Chapter Rank #645tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- 武丁x1 | Chapter Rank #646Wu Ding (c. 1250–1192 BC), Shang dynasty king known from oracle bone inscriptions
- 廪x1 | Chapter Rank #647government granary
- 帝x5 | Chapter Rank #83(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
- 三子x2 | Chapter Rank #257
- 长x1 | Chapter Rank #648long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 启x2 | Chapter Rank #258Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform
- 衍x1 | Chapter Rank #649to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
- 游x1 | Chapter Rank #650to swimsurname Youto walk; to tour; to roam; to travel
- 御园x1 | Chapter Rank #651
- 领x2 | Chapter Rank #259neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- 文武x6 | Chapter Rank #57civil and military
- 玩赏x1 | Chapter Rank #652to appreciate; to take pleasure in; to enjoy
- 牡丹x1 | Chapter Rank #653Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwantree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
- 腾云x1 | Chapter Rank #654
- 阁x1 | Chapter Rank #655pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf
- 塌x1 | Chapter Rank #656to collapse; to droop; to settle down
- 了x2 | Chapter Rank #260to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 一x11 | Chapter Rank #20one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 梁x1 | Chapter Rank #657roof beam; beam (structure); bridgeLiang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang
- 托梁换柱x1 | Chapter Rank #658
- 力大无比x1 | Chapter Rank #659having matchless strength
- 首相x2 | Chapter Rank #261prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
- 容x5 | Chapter Rank #84surname Rongto hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance
- 大夫x1 | Chapter Rank #660senior official (in imperial China)doctor; physician
- 梅x1 | Chapter Rank #661surname Meiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- 伯x4 | Chapter Rank #109one hundred (old)father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 赵x1 | Chapter Rank #662surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdomsto surpass (old)
- 等x3 | Chapter Rank #154to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 本x1 | Chapter Rank #663(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 立x4 | Chapter Rank #110to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediatelysurname Li
- 东宫x1 | Chapter Rank #664
- 季子x1 | Chapter Rank #665youngest brother; a period of two or three months
- 太子x1 | Chapter Rank #666crown prince
- 三十x1 | Chapter Rank #667thirty; 30
- 托孤x1 | Chapter Rank #668
- 与x4 | Chapter Rank #111(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 太师x3 | Chapter Rank #155imperial tutor
- 随x3 | Chapter Rank #156surname Suito follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- 名曰x2 | Chapter Rank #262
- 朝歌x5 | Chapter Rank #85Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝; Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
- 镇x6 | Chapter Rank #58to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
- 黄飞虎x2 | Chapter Rank #263