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Classical Chinese Reader, p. 10
Vocabulary
35
Language - Chinese
Graduate
09/01/2020

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Term

Definition

1.  jiàn

 

see, perceive

[indicates passive voice]

 

2.  xiàn

 

appear, be seen

be granted an audience

Term

Definition

liáng

 

bridge

dam

roofbeam, rafter

the state of Liáng

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Definition

huì

 

kind(ness), favor

gentle, mild

 

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Definition

1.  wáng

 

king, prince

 

2.  wàng

 

rule as king

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Definition

sǒu

 

old man, elder

you sir

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Definition

yuǎn

 

far, distant

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Definition

qiān

 

(a) thousand

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Definition

 

~ 500 meters or ⅓ mile

village, hamlet

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Definition

 

also, too

surely, indeed

just, only

still, besides

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Definition

 

[final interrogative particle]

in, at, from, etc.

Term

Definition

duì

 

reply, answer

match, agree

confront, face

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Definition

rén

 

humaneness, benevolence

kindness, goodness

 

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Definition

 

righteousness, dut

just(ice), fair(nes)

meaning

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Definition

 

end, finish(ed)

done, already

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Definition

1.  dà

 big, great

 

2.  dài

 

great

 

3.  tài

 

greatest

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Definition

jiā

 

house, home

household, family

 

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Definition

shì

 

officer, scholar

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Definition

shù

 

many, multitude

nearly, almost

perhaps

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Definition

shàng

 

up, above, on high, superior

go up, mount

earlier, previous

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Definition

xià

 

down, below, low, inferior

go down, get down

later

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Definition

jiāo

 

mutually, together

join with, interlock, exchange

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Definition

zhēng

 

trek, journey

punitive attack, chasten

levy, tax

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Definition

wēi

 

danger(ous), in danger

steep, lofty

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Definition

wàn

 

ten thousand

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Definition

1.  chéng

 

mount (horse, carriage)

ride, drive

avail, take advantage of

 

2.  shèng

 

chariot, vehicle

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Definition

shì

 

murder/assassinate (a superior)

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Definition

bǎi

 

a hundred

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Definition

 

take, seize

choose, get

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Definition

yān

 

in/at/to/from/than him/her/it/them

how? where? wherein?

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Definition

duō

 

much, many

increase, multiply

mostly

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Definition

gǒu

 

if

meager, slight

careless(ly)

Term

Definition

1.  xiān

 

before, earlier, in front, former, first

 

2.  xiàn

 

precede, go first; put first

Term

Definition

duó

 

snatch, seize

Term

Definition

1.  yí

 

neglect, leave behind

bequeath

let fall

relic, vestige

 

2.  wèi

 

present, deliver to, send

 

 

Term

Definition

qīn

 

parents, kin

intimate, close

in person

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