Vocabulary: 封神演义
- 大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
- associate professor (university post)
- 著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
- 论 Lún: 论 Lun2: abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)论 lùn: 论 lun4: opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)
- Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
- to burn incense at a temple
- old style; old custom; a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
- primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic; (of a person) muddle-headed; simple-minded
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
- heaven and earth; yin and yang
- four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
- 丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°丑 Chǒu: 丑 Chou3: surname Chou丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: shameful; ugly; disgraceful
- 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- to contract (an illness); to be afflicted with; to suffer from
- 巢 cháo: 巢 chao2: nest巢 Cháo: 巢 Chao2: surname Chao
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays; (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
- to make fire
- to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
- Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- yin and yang
- Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- all kinds of grass; all kinds of flora
- 轩辕 Xuān yuán: 轩辕 Xuan1 yuan2: two-character surname Xuanyuan轩辕 Xuān Yuán: 轩辕 Xuan1 Yuan2: Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
- (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
- marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
- (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 昊 hào: 昊 hao4: vast and limitless; the vast sky昊 Hào: 昊 Hao4: surname Hao
- the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
- abundant; mound
- Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods; surname Yu
- 波 Bō: 波 Bo1: (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo波 bō: 波 bo1: wave; ripple; storm; surge
- to deduct; to show; bright and clean; glow-worm; galleyworm; millipede
- (successive periods of) peace and prosperity; peaceful
- to reign