Vocabulary: 封神演义
- 楷 jiē: 楷 jie1: Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)楷 kǎi: 楷 kai3: model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style)
- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- to judge; to determine; judgment
- Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu); land of plenty
- (of an author) anonymous
- legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
- 汇 hùi: 汇 hui4: to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange汇 hùi: 汇 hui4: class; collection
- 考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam考 kǎo: 考 kao3: to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- to solve problems; to explicate
- Daoist priest
- Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
- unknown
- 否 pǐ: 否 pi3: clogged; evil否 fǒu: 否 fou3: to negate; to deny; not
- Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
- political; politics; government
- blaze; light
- 柳 lǐu: 柳 liu3: willow柳 Lǐu: 柳 Liu3: surname Liu
- accordingly; in view of the above
- to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
- first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
- lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head; to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom); to confuse one thing with another
- error in a text; text corruption
- (following a noun) full of ...; abounding in ...
- see 半信半疑[ban4 xin4 ban4 yi2]
- manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- heterogeneous
- the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
- possibility; probability
- a tiny bit; very little; next to nothing (idiom)
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- reliable
- to be published; to come out
- to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
- the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- to be born