Vocabulary: 风俗通义 (中华经典名著全本全注全译丛书)

• pái qiǎnpai2 qian3排遣x1 | Book Rank #13160to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc); to dispel (negative thoughts etc)
• jì tūoji4 tuo1寄托x1 | Book Rank #13161to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
• shū fāshu1 fa1抒发x1 | Book Rank #13162to express (an emotion); to give vent
• xīong yìxiong1 yi4胸臆x2 | Book Rank #8556inner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
• zhāo shìzhao1 shi4昭示x2 | Book Rank #8557to declare publicly; to make clear
• zùo qǔzuo4 qu3作曲x2 | Book Rank #8558to compose (music)
• jiāo ào zì mǎnjiao1 ao4 zi4 man3骄傲自满x1 | Book Rank #13163
• zāi nànzai1 nan4灾难x5 | Book Rank #3980disaster; catastrophe
• ān pín lè dàoan1 pin2 le4 dao4安贫乐道x1 | Book Rank #13164to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)
• qīng tīngqing1 ting1倾听x1 | Book Rank #13165to listen attentively
• qín shēngqin2 sheng1琴声x1 | Book Rank #13166
• fǎng fúfang3 fu2仿佛x1 | Book Rank #13167to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
• wēi éwei1 e2巍峨x2 | Book Rank #8559lofty; towering; majestic
• yǎn qiányan3 qian2眼前x1 | Book Rank #13168before one's eyes; now; at present
• hào hào dàng dànghao4 hao4 dang4 dang4浩浩荡荡x3 | Book Rank #6153(idiom) grandiose; majestic
• bēn líuben1 liu2奔流x2 | Book Rank #8560to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current
• duàn xiánduan4 xian2断弦x1 | Book Rank #13169widowed; lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
• zài yězai4 ye3再也x3 | Book Rank #6154(not) ever again; (not) any longer
• chēng de shàngcheng1 de5 shang4称得上x1 | Book Rank #13170can be counted as
• jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔjin1 mu4 shui3 huo3 tu3金木水火土x1 | Book Rank #13171
• Běi dǒu Qī xīngBei3 dou3 Qi1 xing1北斗七星x1 | Book Rank #13172(astronomy) Big Dipper
• sàisai4赛x5 | Book Rank #3981to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
• Nán YuèNan2 Yue4南越x5 | Book Rank #3982South Vietnam; South Vietnamese
• Hòu tǔHou4 tu3后土x7 | Book Rank #2918Earth Deity (often paired with 皇天[Huang2 tian1], August Heaven)
• kōng zhōngkong1 zhong1空中x1 | Book Rank #13173in the sky; in the air
• jiē kōngjie1 kong1皆空x1 | Book Rank #13174
• jì lǐji4 li3祭礼x4 | Book Rank #4869sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite
• chóu shénchou2 shen2酬神x1 | Book Rank #13175to offer thanks to the gods
• sǔo, Sǔosuo3, Suo3索x12 | Book Rank #1811索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
• běi jíbei3 ji2北极x1 | Book Rank #13176the North Pole; the north magnetic pole
• kōng hóukong1 hou2箜篌x2 | Book Rank #8561konghou (Chinese harp)
• yīng jiéying1 jie2应节x1 | Book Rank #13177
• hūihui1晖x1 | Book Rank #13178sunshine; to shine upon
• wò shìwo4 shi4卧式x1 | Book Rank #13179(of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position; (of an action) performed lying down
• gǔ yuègu3 yue4鼓乐x1 | Book Rank #13180
• zhù dǎozhu4 dao3祝祷x3 | Book Rank #6155to pray
• diào yòngdiao4 yong4调用x1 | Book Rank #13181to transfer (for a specific purpose); to allocate; (computing) to invoke (a command, an application etc)
• dú yǒudu2 you3独有x1 | Book Rank #13182to own exclusively; unique to; specific; there is only
• qiāo jīqiao1 ji1敲击x1 | Book Rank #13183to pound; to rap
• gǎi zuògai3 zuo4改作x1 | Book Rank #13184
• Méng TiánMeng2 Tian2蒙恬x3 | Book Rank #6156Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall
• yuányuan2圆x1 | Book Rank #13185circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
• zǔo shǒuzuo3 shou3左手x1 | Book Rank #13186left hand; left-hand side
• yī duānyi1 duan1一端x1 | Book Rank #13187
• yòu shǒuyou4 shou3右手x1 | Book Rank #13188right hand; right-hand side
• sān shí wànsan1 shi2 wan4三十万x1 | Book Rank #13189
• jī tùiji1 tui4击退x2 | Book Rank #8562to beat back; to repel
• shōu fùshou1 fu4收复x1 | Book Rank #13190to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture
• shù biānshu4 bian1戍边x1 | Book Rank #13191to garrison the border; to guard the frontier; exile to a border garrison post
• bī pòbi1 po4逼迫x2 | Book Rank #8563to force; to compel; to coerce