Vocabulary: 第二十七出 极欲
from 邯郸记
- 老子x3 | Chapter Rank #231Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozifather; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
- 曰x11 | Chapter Rank #26to speak; to say
- 五色x3 | Chapter Rank #232multicolored; the rainbow; garish
- 目x1 | Chapter Rank #748eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- 盲x1 | Chapter Rank #749blind
- 五音x2 | Chapter Rank #403five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la; five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
- 耳聋x1 | Chapter Rank #750deaf
- 小人x1 | Chapter Rank #751person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- 戒色x2 | Chapter Rank #404
- 须x2 | Chapter Rank #405must; to have to; to waitbeard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 戒x2 | Chapter Rank #406to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- 足x2 | Chapter Rank #407(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fullyexcessive
- 眼x1 | Chapter Rank #752eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- 相似x2 | Chapter Rank #408similar; alike
- 等x7 | Chapter Rank #62to 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)
- 再也x2 | Chapter Rank #409(not) ever again; (not) any longer
- 道学x2 | Chapter Rank #410Confucian study of ethics; study of Daoism; school for Daoism in Tang and Song times; Daoist magic; another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
- 士x2 | Chapter Rank #411surname Shimember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker
- 何不x2 | Chapter Rank #412why not?; why not do (sth)?
- 写x4 | Chapter Rank #152used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 奏本x2 | Chapter Rank #413
- 送还x2 | Chapter Rank #414to return; to give back; to send back; to repatriate
- 朝廷x2 | Chapter Rank #415court; imperial household; dynasty
- 便x5 | Chapter Rank #103plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwardsused in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- 却x7 | Chapter Rank #63but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 有所x2 | Chapter Rank #416somewhat; to some extent
- 云x5 | Chapter Rank #104(classical) to saycloud; CL:朵[duo3]surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 不敢x1 | Chapter Rank #753
- 虚x1 | Chapter Rank #754emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- 君x2 | Chapter Rank #417monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 所谓x2 | Chapter Rank #418what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- 却之不恭x2 | Chapter Rank #419to refuse would be impolite
- 惶x2 | Chapter Rank #420(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
- 愧x2 | Chapter Rank #421ashamed
- 听x6 | Chapter Rank #79smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 说x6 | Chapter Rank #80to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrineto persuade
- 白x3 | Chapter Rank #233surname Bai; Bai ethnic groupwhite; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- 一篇x2 | Chapter Rank #422
- 耽误x2 | Chapter Rank #423to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with
- 几个x2 | Chapter Rank #424a few; several; how many
- 曲x3 | Chapter Rank #234bent; crooked; wrongsurname Qutune; song; CL:支[zhi1]fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 近前x1 | Chapter Rank #755to come close; to get near to; front
- 劝x1 | Chapter Rank #756to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe
- 叩头x1 | Chapter Rank #757to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- 你们x1 | Chapter Rank #758you (plural)
- 奉旨x1 | Chapter Rank #759on imperial orders
- 来x6 | Chapter Rank #81to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 起x2 | Chapter Rank #425to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 唱x7 | Chapter Rank #64to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- 小楼x2 | Chapter Rank #426small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors