Basic Classical Chinese

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• 敗 ve fail defeat bài
• 寡 sv lonely widowed guǎ
• 若 v resemble m.adv pron ruò
• 遺 ve lose leave abandon bequeath sv wrong
• 云 vt reported speech yún
• 誅 vt punish execute kill zhū
• 察 vt examine scrutinise investigate chá
• 棄 vt cast throw reject abandon qì
• 顧 vt turn head pay attention gù
• 斷 vt cut break vi decide sv decisive
• 思 vi ponder vt longingly miss sī
• 智 sv intelligent wise perspicacious n intelligence zhì
• 益 vt increase adv increasingly n benefit advantage
• 諫 vt remonstrate ruler jiàn
• 通 sv connected unobstructed vt conversant illicit relations
• 落 vi fall vt drop luò
• 教 vt teach n teachings jiāo jiào
• 憂 sv sad sorrowful yōu
• 賢 sv wise capable xián
• 富 sv wealthy n wealth fù
• 固 sv firm solid adv inherently gù
• 悅 sv pleased happy vt delight yuè
• 然 sv true vt agree approve conj rán
• 殺 vt kill attempt shā
• 方 n square region quarter method technique prescription
• 牆 n wall qiáng
• Duty 義 n justice propriety sv accordance righteousness
• 盜 n thief robber vt steal dào
• 光 n light radiance guāng
• 弓 n bow kangxi radical gōng
• 令 n command ordinance vt líng
• 暮 n sunset mù
• 財 n wealth cái
• 物 n thing creature wù
• 公 n impartiality res publica sire lord address
• 鄉 n native place local area village sv
• 夜 n night yè
• 頭 n head tóu
• Fruit 果 n result vt bear realised adv
• 嘗 vt taste aux qqc experience cháng
• 謂 vt refer qqn wèi
• 及 vt reach extend time cv jí
• 疑 vt doubt suspect suspicious yí
• 肯 sv kěn willing
• 愚 sv stupid ignorant foolish yú
• 高 sv tall gāo
• 急 sv quick hurried urgent endangered anxious jí
• 貴 sv valued noble exalted precious guì
• True 信 sv trustworthy vt xìn
• 奚 interrog xī what how
• 安 sv safe secure interrog ān yān
• 常 sv constant regular normal adv regularly cháng
• 如之何 rú zhī hé what
• 仲尼 n courtesy 孔 夫 子 zhòng ní
• 毛 n fur feathers kangxi radical máo
• 朋 n friend péng
• 計 n plan strategy vi calculate reckon make
• 樂 n music happiness sv happy delighted joyous
• 處 vt dwell situated n place chǔ chù
• 室 n house chamber shì
• 官 n official position guān
• 聲 n sound voice shēng
• Good 善 sv virtuous aux.v vt treat kindness
• 美 sv beautiful fine delicious vt praise měi
• 望 vt distance hope wàng
• 花 n flower huā
• 百姓 n common people bǎi xìng
• 私 sv private partial selfish illicit n affair
• 春 n spring chūn
• 習 vt repeat practise accustomed familiar xí
• 順 vt accord obey shùn
• 滅 vt extinguish destroy exterminate miè
• 書 vt write n writings document book 尚書
• 足 n foot sv aux.v ed worth makes
• 荊 alternative for 楚 jīng name
• 因 vt rely advantage adv yīn
• 醉 sv intoxicated zuì
• 失 vt lose control miss fail shī
• 盡 ve exhaust fullest sv adv exhaustively jìn
• 辭 vt decline refuse excuse oneself leave qqn
• 眾 衆 sv numerous n crowd masses armies
• 危 sv danger high wēi
• 獨 sv solitary childless adv dú
• 且 conj particle indicating train thought aux qiě
• 豈 int surely qǐ how
• 甚 sv extreme excessive adv shèn
• 鼻 n nose bí
• 聽 vt listen heed advice govern heeding tīng
• 理 n reason principle pattern lǐ
• 士 n knight gentleman scholar kangxi radical shì
• 可 sv acceptable passive verb kě
• 入 vt enter kanxi radical rù
• 曰 vt called p direct speech indicator kangxi
• 使 vt envoy n shì
• 疾 sv ill suffering rapid vt hate envy
• 直 sv straight direct straightforward zhí
• Qqc 遠 sv distant vt distance yuǎn yuàn
• 近 sv jìn near
• 重 sv heavy significant adv other;｜(sv double zhòng
• 輕 sv light insignificant qīng
• 或 pron adv huò some
• 各 adj.) each individually gè every
• 孰 interrog previously mentioned set shú
• 卽 adv immediately vt approach nominal precisely jí
• 諾 interj nuò all right
• 奈 何 nài hé what
• 為 奈何 wéi nài hé
• 禹 n mythical sage king successor 舜 founder
• 神 n spirit god mind people sv divine
• 孝 sv filial n piety obedience xiào
• One's 悌 n loyalty/devotion 兄 sv loyal/devoted tì
• 志 n intent ambition zhì
• 夫子 pron master sir polite form address fū
• 數 n v number vt blame criticise shù
• 城 n city walls town castle chéng
• 業 n business undertaking profession heritage inheritance yè
• 兵 n weapons arms soldiers mencius bīng
• 聖 sv sagely n sage saint shèng
• Ritual treat 禮 n rites etiquette protocol vt
• 星 n star xīng
• 氏 n family clan occasionally head 春秋 era
• 樓 n building storey lóu
• 乃 adv nominal turns nǎi
• 情 n true situation actual circumstances feelings affection
• 易 sv easy vt change exchange n abbr
• 養 vt nurture raise support elderly yǎng
• 興 vi rise flourish vt raise initiate set
• 遂 vi successfully completed succeed adv suí suì
• 大夫 n great officer grandee dà fū
• 諸侯 n feudal lords zhū hóu
• 侯 n feudal rank equivalent marquis hóu
• 江 n yangzi river jiāng
• Accurate 正 sv correct proper vt make rectify
• 猶 adv nominal analogous place 由 yóu
• Advance 進 vt forward promote present jìn
• 解 vt analyse untie loosen jiě
• 務 vt devote oneself work hard n task
• 獲 vt obtain capture huò
• 觀 vt observe guān
• 識 vt recognise acquainted understand shí
• End 終 vt finish adv finally zhōng
• 渴 sv thirsty kě
• 伐 vt attack raid chop wood fá
• 怨 vt resent hate yuàn
• 害 vt harm kill murder hài
• 謝 vt apologise decline xiè
• 射 vt shoot shè
• 擊 vt strike beat attack play musical instruments
• 改 ve alter adapt change gǎi
• Start 作 vi begin active vt instigate create
• 犯 vt commit crime offend encroach violate attack
• 嫁 vt woman marry one's daughter jià
• 居 vi sit vt occupy dwell n residence
• 亦 conj part adv surely greatly yì
• 斤 n axe kangxi radical jīn
• 致 vt arrive bring summon attract turn present
• 傳 vt pass transmit adv chuán
• 願 n vt aux.v desire polite requests yuàn
• 傷 sv injured vt injure damage shāng
• 舉 vt lift sv entire jǔ
• 當 vt face match coincide time aux.v dāng
• 並 sv side adv bìng
• 宿 vi stay overnight sù
• 語 vi talk speak n words conversation story
• 驚 sv startled alarmed frightened jīng
• 幸 sv fortunate favoured vt treat xìng
• 深 sv deep profound severe shēn
• 尊 sv exalted vt exalt honour zūn
• 厚 sv thick substantial lavish generous vt make
• 晉 n 戰國 state dynasty ad jìn
• 敢 aux.v dare gǎn
• 自 pron oneself cv kangxi radical zhuangzi fixed
• 欲 vt desire aux.v yù
• 帝 n god emperor dì
• 皇帝 n emperor huáng dì
• 賞 n ve reward shǎng
• 刑 n mutilation punishment penal law 形 xíng
• 勢 n power deriving circumstances situation shì
• 寶 n treasure vt bǎo
• 利 n advantage benefit profit sv profitable advantageous
• N court 朝 vi hold attend early morning
• 忠 n loyalty sovereign sv loyal zhōng
• Hegemon 霸 n overlord feudal lords vt rule
• Team horses 乘 n chariot measure word vt
• 府 n treasury archive official building fǔ
• 夕 n evening night kangxi radical xī
• 同 sv vt common share tóng
• 主 n master host vt control govern preside
• 多 sv ve increase possess duō
• 治 sv orderly well-ordered vt put good order
• 罰 vt fine punish fá
• 變 vi change mutate n anomaly strange phenomenon
• 受 vt receive accept shòu
• 畏 vt awe fear wèi
• 交 vt cross contact associate make friends adv
• 服 ve submit obey n clothing fú
• 收 vt harvest gather assemble control receive shōu
• 戰 vi battle fight zhàn
• 退 ve withdraw retreat tuì
• 絕 vt cut separate sv finest utmost superior
• 罷 ve stop activity event bà
• 復 vt repeat restore return report adv fù
• 召 vt summon zhào
• 還 ve turn return hái
• Sv suitable 適 satisfied vt ingratiate oneself make
• 假 vt borrow avail oneself lend jià
• 藏 vt store storage conceal cáng
• 許 vi agree vt xǔ
• 克 vt overcome win victory aux.v successfully kè
• 報 vt reciprocate repay revenge report bào
• 遊 vi wander dally vt associate alternate form 游
• 歸 ve return home refuge back vt give
• 動 ve move dòng
• 流 vi flow sv prevalent prevailing liú
• 誠 sv true genuine n integrity adv conj
• 甘 sv sweet savoury whichever desired kangxi radical
• 平 sv level flat tranquil peace fair vt
• 釋 vt release set free untie shì
• 知 vt recognise 智 zhī
• 滿 sv full mǎn
• 間 cv n misunderstanding disagreement enmity jiān jiàn
• 昔 n times xī former
• 既 adv jì having already
• 惟 adv originally fact full pre-classical copula wéi
• 意 n intention meaning significance yì
• 之 p attributive pron object vt zhī
• 汝 pron thou n river rǔ
• 莫 pron adv case originally sunset mò
• 時 n time opportunity season shí
• 於 exist relation coverb yú
• 己 pron oneself jǐ
• 毋 aux.v refrain imperative kangxi radical wú
• 哉 zāi
• 往 mv vi proceed wǎng
• 聞 vt hear wén about
• 已 ve end stop finish leave quit adv
• Clear 白 sv white plain vt make report
• Zǐ 太子 世子 crown prince heir apparent tài
• 是 pron n sv vt approve shì
• 必 sv adv inevitably necessarily bì
• 行 vi walk move circulate vt patrol inspect
• 梁 n bridge kingdoms dynasties periods liáng
• 惠 sv kind vt cherish n kindness huì
• 叟 n gentleman sǒu old
• 庶 sv numerous n concubine's son shù
• 弒 vt murder superior assassinate i.e lord parricide
• 鼈, 鱉 n turtle soft-shelled biē
• 斧 n axe fǔ
• 爲 variant of 為 wéi wèi
• 奪 vt snatch deprive duó
• 饜 vt eat one's full satisfied yàn
• 親 n parent relative kinship affection vt affectionate
• 凶 vi distress suffer calamity sv disastrous inauspicious
• 移 vt move transfer alter yí
• 粟 n grain unhusked millet sù
• 政 n government administration zhèng
• 喻 vt understand enlighten illustrate yù
• Tián 塡 n sound drum banging variant 填
• 鼓 n drum vt make drumming movement play
• 接 vt connect contact receive jiē
• 甲 n armour turtle-shell heavenly stems 十天干 jiǎ
• 曳 曵 vt drag trail yè
• 步 n pace vt march bù
• 違 vt contravene oppose deviate avoid wéi
• 穀 n grain sv good worthy gǔ
• 勝 adv completely exhaustively vt overcome defeat sv
• 洿 汙 汚 污 n pool stagnant water sv impure
• 池 n pool chí
• 父 n father pron respectful address people kangxi
• 過 vt pass cross surpass visit commit transgression
• 反 vt turn reverse return sv opposite vi
• 耳 n ear final particle) 而已 kangxi radical 128 ěr
• 苟 conj adv carelessly gǒu
• 苟爲 really  gǒu wèi if
• 加 vt add increase apply bestow adv increasingly
• 刃 n weapon edge blade rèn
• 塡然 n drumming/banging noise onomatopoeic context tián rán
• 農 n farming farmer nóng
• 林 n forest lín
• 材 n timber material cái
• Vt 喪 n mourning funeral mourn lose destroy
• 憾 n resentment dissatisfaction hàn
• 畝 n measure area roughly acre mǔ
• 宅 n house homestead zhái
• 數罟 finely-woven nets cù gǔ
• 喜 sv happy delighted joyous xǐ
• 樹 vt plant n tree shù
• 桑 n mulberry tree sāng
• 帛 n silk bó
• 雞 n fowl jī
• 彘 n pig zhì
• N 畜 livestock vt rear nourish cherish rearing
• Hungry 饑 vi hunger/be sv n hunger famine
• 謹 sv attentive cautious taciturn prudent respectful vt
• 序 n school order vt arrange xù
• 申 vt extend stretch repeat n twelve earthly
• 斑 sv variegated mottled n age-spots bān
• One's 負 vt carry back turn neglect ignore
• 戴 vt carry one's head bear support dài
• 黎 sv numerous black black-haired lí
• 黎民 n ordinary people masses lí mín
• 寒 n sv cold hán
• 檢 vt control restrict jiǎn
• 塗 v apply smear scrawl blot n mud
• 餓 sv starving vi starve è
• Wrong 非 p nominal sentence negator conj sv
• 殍 vi starve death n starved corpse piǎo
• 發 vt shoot send issue promulgate collect fā
• 歲 n year harvest suì
• 刺 vt prick stab n thorn cì
• 斯 pron conj sī this
• 嬖 vt favour sv favourite n bì
• 命 n instruction command decree heaven fate vt
• 末 n branch tip mò
• 司 vt superintend oversee n office officer sī
• 有司 n official yǒu sī
• Chariot 輿 n carriage vi ascend one's vt
• 駕 vt yoke harness ride jià
• 堂 n hall táng
• 亂 sv disorderly rebellious luàn
• 匹夫 n ordinary man private individual commoner pǐ
• 由 vt proceed act accordance follow n source
• 踰 vt pass transgress exceed yú
• 孟軻 孟子 mèng kē given
• 鼎 n sacrificial vessel cauldron looped handles legs
• 否 proclausal fǒu no not
• 貧 sv poor n poverty pín
• 沮 vt stop hinder prevent jǔ
• 尼 vt stop nǐ
• 遇 vt meet yù
• 焉 cv 於之 interrog respect p post-ws final
• 予 pron i vt give yú yǔ
• 就 vt approach jiù
• Vt 造 make zào c ào
• 弔 vt condole comfort pay visit condolence diào
• 樂正子 disciple mencius as 樂正克 yuè zhèng zǐ
• 愈 vi recover increase sv superior adv increasingly
• 醫 n physician art medicine yī
• 采 vt gather pluck adj ornamental brilliant variegated
• 趨 vt hasten rush strive qū
• 景丑 master jing head family jǐng chǒu
• 景子 景丑 jǐng zǐ another
• 倫 n category principle natural relationship lún
• 要 vt seek intercept n agreement compact sv
• 恩 n kindness ēn
• 惡 sv bad repulsive n evil badness vt
• 爾 pron contraction 而已 ěr
• State 陳 vt set arrange display marshal n
• 俟 vt wait sì for
• 似 vt resemble sì
• 曾子 disciple confucius presumed author classic 大學 zēng
• 爵 n dignity rank three-legged loop-handled bronze wine
• 慊 vt resent content satisfied qiàn qiè
• 達 vt break reach sv penetrating clever successful
• 齒 n teeth age seniority kangxi radical chǐ
• 朝廷 n.) court cháo tíng
• 黨 n village group party dǎng
• 輔 vt support fǔ help
• 世 n generation epoch dynasty ruler sv hereditary
• 慢 vt despise màn
• 謀 n plan plot vi make vt móu
• 湯 n hot liquid 商王 tāng
• 伊尹 n minister 湯 founding king 商朝 yī
• Vt 勞 n toil labour | (n reward láo
• 齊桓公 n duke huan qi r bc 春秋五霸
• 管仲 guan zhong bc famous politician qi 齊國
• 醜 n category class sv kind ugly chǒu
• 齊 sv uniform equal regular n states dynasties
• 尚 vt ascend superior prefer esteem honour aux.v
• 況 interrog kuàng how much
• 徒 vi foot n foot-soldier follower partisan adv
• 禦 vt withstand hinder prevent yù
• 牽 vt pull drag lead qiān
• 鍾 n kind wine vessel measure grain ritual
• 舍 vi rest stop night lodge halt n
• 忍 vt endure tolerate treat callously aux.v bear
• 廢 vt cast dispense depose fèi
• 諸 adj abbr 之於 之乎 zhū
• 寡人 pron royal 楚王 guǎ rén
• 故 n context reason sv former; (conj gù
• 褊 sv tight narrow biǎn
• 隱 vt conceal suffer grieved lean vi lie
• 擇 vt choose zé
• 術 n art device skill shù
• 禽 n bird vt capture catch qín
• 獸 n animal shòu
• 廚 n kitchen chú
• Book 詩 n poem song classic 詩經 poetry
• 忖 vt measure cǔn consider
• Measure 度 n rule regulation vt calculate estimate
• 戚 n feelings affection sympathy qì
• 合 vt join unite assemble harmony suit place
• Equal 鈞 sv vt balance make n weight
• 毫 n hair háo
• 功 n achievement success merit benefit gōng
• 挾 vt tuck arms coerce rely xié
• 超 vt leap chāo over
• 折 vt bend break zhé
• 枝 n branch tree zhī
• 類 n category sv belonging class similar fitting
• 幼 n sv young vt treat yòu
• 運 vt turn revolve yùn
• 掌 n palm hand sole foot paw zhǎng
• 御 vt drive chariot direct govern manage n
• 邦 n state country bāng
• 推 vt push extend spread expel tuī
• 抑 vt put hand press conj yì
• 搆 vt provoke implicate gòu
• 快 sv cheerful happy quick kuài
• 敬 vt respect revere jìng
• 肥 sv fat féi
• 暖 煖 sve warm nuǎn
• 體 n body limb tǐ
• 音 n sound tone yīn
• 便嬖 n attendants biàn bì
• 供 vt supply provide gōng
• 莅 vt control lì
• 撫 vt lay hand soothe pacify fǔ
• 辟 闢 vt open extend 僻 sv depraved
• 夷 n barbarians yí
• 殆 n danger sv dangerous adv perilously possibly
• 災 n calamity disaster zāi
• 鄒 n 戰國 山東南 birthplace 孟子 zōu
• 敵 n enemy vt match oppose dí
• 弱 sv weak ruò
• 強 彊 sv strong vt violence compel qiáng
• 集 vi flock assemble vt collect adv altogether
• Cover 蓋 n canopy vt conceal place of 盍
• 我 pron i wǒ we
• 施 vt bestow expose spread practise shī
• 仕 n official vi hold office shì
• 耕 vt plough gēng
• 野 n open country uncultivated land wilderness yě
• 商 n trade merchant 四民 dynasty 16-11th c
• N 賈 vt buy merchant price gǔ jià
• 市 n marketplace vt deal trade shì
• 旅 n traveller vi travel lǚ
• 赴 vi hasten fù
• 愬 vi report complain sù
• 名 n term fame label pretext míng
• 敏 sv clever quick-witted mǐn
• 試 vt test shì try
• 恒 恆 sv constant regular héng
• 產 vt breed produce n product livelihood chǎn
• 放 vt loosen indulge neglect banish n licentiousness
• 邪 sv crooked corrupt depraved contr 也乎 xié
• 侈 n extravagance recklessness chǐ
• 陷 vt fall sink entrap xiàn
• 罔 n net vt entrap wǎng
• 則 n principle pattern particle zé
• 位 n rank position authority wèi
• 制 vt cut regulate control measures n regulations
• 仰 vt ct hand yǎng
• 俯 vi bend preceeded 仰 hand fǔ
• 飽 ve provide eat satiate bǎo
• 免 vt escape evade spare excuse miǎn
• 驅 vi gallop hasten vt drive qū
• 贍 vi suffice vt make sufficient supply shàn
• 暇 n leisure aux.v xiá
• Yàn 晏子 yanzi c bc famous statesman qi
• 曾西 son 曾子 大學 guy zēng xī
• 蹵 vt kick cù
• 艴然 adv changing countenance annoyed fú rán
• 曾 adv fact aux.v past marker zēng céng
• Vt 比 compare unite associate assemble approach aid
• 專 adv vt monopolise concentrate zhuān
• Time long 久 n length adv vi jiǔ
• 烈 sv burning ardent brilliant meritorious n merit
• 卑 sv low humble n lowness bēi
• 顯 sv manifest distinguished illustrious; (vt display distinguish xiǎn
• 惑 vt doubt delude n delusion huò
• 滋 vi grow increase adv increasingly zī
• 崩 n fall collapse vi die rulers bēng
• 繼 vt succeed continue jì
• 法 n model law vt oneself imitate fǎ
• 武丁 n wu ding c 14th century bc
• 殷 sv ample full n alternative late 商朝
• 紂 n saddle crupper harness strap horse's back
• 俗 n custom mores sv rustic vulgar sú
• 存 ve exist survive cún
• 微 sv small minute cv n surname rulers
• 微子 n 商 aristocrat appointed ruler 宋 wēi
• 箕子 n shang sage opposed  紂 ruled korea
• 尺 n measurement approx foot chǐ
• 慧 sv clever n cleverness huì
• 基 n foundation base jī
• Wait 待 vt treat dài
• 夏后 n rulers xia xià hòu
• 飲 v drink yǐn
• 恐 sv afraid vt fear kǒng
• 境 n frontier jìng
• Teacher 師 n specialist; example model official chief; army unit
• 患 n trouble affliction disaster vt suffer worry
• 去 vi leave depart vt removed rid reject
• 魯 n 東周 state modern 山東 home 孔子
• 難 sv difficult n trouble disaster nán nàn
• 人 n person kangxi radical rén
• 口 n mouth kangxi radical kǒu
• 者 nominalising subject pronoun zhě
• 秦 n state 9th c bc dynasty qín
• 夫 n husband man conj particle indicating train
• 孫 n grandson sūn
• 衣 n clothing vt wear yī yì
• 視 vt shì look at
• Day 日 n sun adv kangxi radical rì
• 說 vt narrate raconter explain persuade place 曰
• 至 vt arrive reach adv perfectly superlative kangxi
• 羽 n feather kangxi radical yǔ
• 于 cv alternative form 於 implies movement yú
• 宜 sv suitable fitting aux.v yí
• 舜 n sage king shun successor 堯 shùn
• 客 n guest retainer client stranger kè
• 身 n body shēn self
• Place 所 pron obj n suǒ
• 未 adv wèi not yet
• 病 n illness defect sv ill bìng
• 月 n moon month kangxi radical yuè
• Han 漢 river dynasty bc-9 ad hàn
• 盛 adj abundant full complete successful n fulness
• 鳴 vi make birdcalls crow caw whistle míng
• 吠 vi bark fèi
• 聚 vt assemble collect jù
• 立 vi stand established vt establish adv immediately
• 何 interrog hé what why
• 良 sv good 良人 n goodman husband liáng
• 瞯 瞷 vt spy xián
• 蚤 n flea replace 早 zǎo
• 徧 vi reach adv universally biàn
• 談 vi chat tán
• 亡 vi vanish perish exile lose wáng
• 大 sv large great adv greatly kangxi radical
• 墦 n grave fán
• 訕 vt abuse revile shàn
• 泣 vi weep qì
• 庭 n hall courtyard tíng
• 驕 vt behave arrogantly jiāo
• 卒 n soldier group vi die finish adv
• 郭 n outer city wall guō
• 乞 vt pray beg qǐ
• 餘 n remnant surplus yú
• 羞 n shame vt feel ashamed xiū
• 石 n stone kangxi radical shí
• 妾 n concubine pron humble i women qiè
• Rise 起 vi start rebel vt qǐ
• 祭 n sacrifice vt jì
• 希 sv rare scarce xī
• 群  羣 n flock group sv crowd qún
• 昭 sv bright luminous illustrious zhāo
• 江一 n minister 楚 jiāng yī
• 虎 n tiger as 虍 hū kangxi radical hǔ
• 國 n state country replaces taboo 邦 capital
• 堯 n legendary sage emperor yáo
• 馬 n horse kangxi radical mǎ
• 狐 n fox hú
• 逆 vt meet offend disobey harmony nì
• 隨 vt follow suí
• 帶 n belt girdle vt oneself dài
• 取 vt seize choose select accept desirable marry
• N 屬 category vt attached belong | (vt attach
• 臣 n minister vassal subject servant pron i
• 實 n fruit essence reality truth sv full
• 魏 sv high n central 戰國 era state
• 鄭 n 戰國 modern 河南 powerful start 東周
• 玩 n plaything vt play wán
• 宮 n palace gōng
• 臥 vi lie sleep wò
• 如 sv similar conj v rú
• 具 vt provide prepare n provender implements utensils
• 妬 妒 n jealousy sv jealous dù
• 掩 vt cover yǎn up
• 臭 n strong smell stink chòu
• 悍 sv cruel violent fierce hàn
• 爭 vt struggle vie contend zhēng
• 長 sv long senior chief vi grow age
• 矣 p final indicating changed situation/completed action yǐ
• 水 n water river 漢水 unspecified kangxi radical
• 南 n sv south nán
• 劓 vt benose yì
• 鄙 n border area dependency sv rustic vulgar
• 吳 n southern state surname wú
• 陶 n pottery potter vi practise táo
• 翟 n pheasant 子墨子 dí
• 慮 vt anxious n thoughts lǜ
• 升 n measure translated pint vi rise ascend
• 藉 vt avail oneself depend conj supposing jiè
• 睹 vt gaze dǔ at
• 布 n cloth implicitly hemp similar vt spread
• Vt 被 receive suffer wear bèi pī
• 堅 sv firm solid strong jiān
• 將 adv n general 把 particle jiāng
• 冬 n winter dōng
• 色 n.) colour facial expression beauty sex kangxi radical
• 木 n tree wood kangxi radical mù
• 執 vt seize grasp zhí
• 銳 sv sharp keen valiant quick ruì
• 誦 vt sing recite chant sòng
• 次 vt halt arrange follow order n resting
• 修 vt arrange cultivate study sv long tall
• 設 vt place arrange set conj suppose shè
• 攻 vt attack apply oneself gōng
• Zǐ 子墨子 n mozi c bc founder mohist
• 無 ve lack wú not
• Vt 為 facere amount act constitute become, act behalf
• 彼 pron bǐ that one
• 乎 p question particle place 於 hū
• 不如 sv good suggest actions bù rú
• Vt 食  eat n food eclipse feed kangxi
• 鄰 n neighbour sv neighbouring lín
• 軍 n army vi encamp jūn
• 孔子 n confucius kǒng zǐ
• 然 sv true vt agree approve rán
• Usu 上 sv vt ascend n emperor 史記
• 以 cv means reason motive adv inflect 之
• 雖 conj suī although even
• 男 sv male n son man nán
• 他 n tā other something
• 言 n speech words vt speak kangxi radical
• Rain 雨 n vi kangxi radical yǔ yù
• 救 vt save rescue jiù
• 用 vt yòng use
• 慈 n parental love cí
• 與 vt give participate follow cov adv sv
• 對 vt reply duì
• 止 vi stop halt kangxi radical zhǐ
• 耶 nominal question particle yé
• 无 adv kangxi radical wú
• 人主 n legalist term mastery rén zhǔ
• 不若 good 不如 bù ruò
• 弟 n younger brother place 悌 fraternal devotion
• 勿 p fusion particle 毋 之 wù
• 弗 fusion particle 不+之 fú
• 仁 sv kind humane n kindness humaneness rén
• 楚 n state chu c. 1030–223 bc chǔ
• 天子 n emperor tiān zǐ
• 後 n back rear successor adv vt consider/make
• 妻 n wife expressed relation qī
• 生 vi live alive born vt give birth
• 又 adv addition kangxi radical yòu
• 明 sv bright clear enlightened intelligent míng
• 唯 alternative form 惟 wéi
• 玉 n jade kangxi radical yù
• 田 n field cultivated land vi hunting kangxi
• 怒 sv angry nù
• 此 pron cǐ this one
• 相 adv mutually vt advise minister xiāng
• 吾子 pron good sir wú zǐ
• 狗 n dog gǒu
• 古 sv ancient n times antiquity gǔ
• 有 avoir i.e exist prefix ancient 夏前 names
• 異 sv unusual vt necessarily bad yì
• 權 n power authority prerogative vt weigh quán
• Shape 形 n form body configuration vt manifest
• 然後 conj rán hòu only
• 而後 conj 才 ér hòu
• Due 獨何與 i.e earth dú hé yú
• 告 vt report gào tell
• 走 vt run flee zǒu
• 事 n thing affair undertaking duties vt serve
• 鬼 n ghost demon spirit kangxi radical guǐ
• 手 n hand kangxi radical shǒu
• 恆 sv constant regular héng
• Sv 少 vt make young shǎo shào
• 罪 n guilt crime zuì
• 東 n sv east dōng
• 成 vt complete accomplish succeed sv completed successful
• 前 n front sv qián
• 道 n road principles dào
• 皆 adv jiē all
• 其 pron person possessive particle modal indicating uncertainty
• 而 p ér and but
• 請 vt request leave qqn qqc qǐng
• 天 n heaven sky nature tiān
• 肉 n meat flesh radical number 130 ròu
• 魚 n fish kangxi radical yú
• 婦 n married woman wife matron fù
• 問 vt wèn ask about
• 能 aux.v néng can
• 始 vt start begin n beginning adv time
• 藥 n medicine drug poison yào
• 在 v cv lie depend sv present zài
• 竹 n bamboo kangxi radical zhú
• 內 sv inside interior nèi
• 羊 n sheep goat kangxi radical yáng
• 君子 n gentleman person moral character jūn zǐ
• 心 n heart mind kangxi radical xīn
• 土 n earth soil kangxi radical tǔ
• 不 p negation inflect 之 bù
• 鳥 n bird kangxi radical 196 niǎo
• 目 n eye kangxi radical mù
• 周 n zhou dynasty c bc zhōu
• 來 vi lái come
• 龍 n dragon kangxi radical lóng
• 風 n wind custom vi face kangxi radical
• 唐 n tang dynasty ad táng
• 金 n gold metal kangxi radical jīn
• 民 n people mín the
• 工 n artisan craft class 四民 kangxi radical
• 死 vi die sǐ for
• 黑 sv black kangxi radical hēi
• 左 sv.) left east unorthodox improper zuǒ
• 出 ve exit put send chū
• 求 vt seek qiú
• 笑 vt laugh smile xiào
• 地 n earth place ground land dì
• 子 n son child viscount 姓 商朝 pron
• Sv 橫 crosswise perverse unjust héng hèng
• 柳 n willow liǔ
• 季 n youngest series brothers jì
• 侵 vt raid encroach qīn
• 暴 vt oppress tyrannise sv violent oppressive bào
• 穴 n hole cave vt make kangxi radical
• 摳 vt raise pull kōu
• 户 n door household kangxi radical hù
• 貪 vt covet greedy tān
• 祖 n ancestor zǔ
• City 邑 n town place tools vi found
• 守 vt guard protect n prefect ｜(n territory
• 保 vt protect safeguard n bartender bǎo
• 苦 sv bitter grievous difficult hard vt suffer
• 詔 vt proclaim instruct n proclamation zhào
• 扌 n talent sv talented alternative form of 才
• 竊 vt steal rob adv stealthily secretly privately
• 辯 vt debate discuss discriminate;  n argument biàn
• 奈 conj interrog place 乃 莊子 nài
• 泉 n spring source quán
• 飄 n whirlwind piāo
• 距 vt resist distant jù
• 飾 vt adorn decorate gloss n ornament sham
• 萬 n ten thousand myriad wàn
• 也 p nominal sentence marker emphatic particle yě
• 王 n king vt reign
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• 犬犭 n dog kangxi radical quǎn
• 辱 vt disgrace put shame condescend rǔ
• Yan yán 顏回 hui bc disciple confucius yuan
• 子貢 n zi gong or  端 木 赐
• 陽 n male principle sv south-facing slope hill
• 肝 vt liver gān
• 餔 vt eat n evening meal bǔ bū
• 謁 vt visit superior announce introduce yè
• 拜 vt obesiance bow acknowledge appoint bài
• 再 adv time zài twice
• 髮 n hair fǎ
• 冠 n cap vt coming-of-age ceremony wear guān
• 巧 sv artful skilful qiǎo
• 妄 sv lawless improper reckless foolish adv recklessly
• 稱 vt lift weigh style praise recommend declare
• 脅 n ribs xié
• 繆 vt bind 謬 miù
• 搖 vt shake yáo
• 脣 n lip chún
• 舌 n tongue kangxi radical shé
• 擅 vi dare act one's authority oneself monopolise
• 迷 vi astray confused vt deceive delude mí
• 見 vt meet 被 kangxi radical jiàn
• 得 vt obtain n gain dé
• 門 n door gate kangxi radical mén
• 徼 vt seek jiāo
• 倖 n luck fortune sv lucky vt bring
• 封 n mound boundary wall fief vt enfeoff
• 極 n ridge roof highest point limit adv
• 膳 n cooked food delicacy shàn
• 履 n sandal tread vt lǚ
• 避 vt avoid escape bì
• 展 vt unroll open develop zhǎn
• 案 vt lay hand àn
• 劍 n sword double-edged jiàn
• 乳 n breasts sv suckling vt suckle rǔ
• 凡 sv ordinary adv cases general altogether fán
• 雙 n pair peer match shuāng
• 賤 n low rank sv base humble vt
• Guiding 維 vt tie bind n rope net
• 勇 n bravery sv brave yǒng
• 率 ve follow conform lead shuài
• 孤 n orphan sv fatherless solitary pron person
• 激 vt dam arouse incite sv clear bright
• 丹 n cinnabar dān
• 貝 n cowrie shell kangxi radical bèi
• 黃 n sv yellow kangxi radical huáng
• 本 n root basis foundation běn
• 晝 n day daylight zhòu
• 席 n mat xí
• 兼 vt unite combine embrace adv sv all-embracing
• 黃鐘 n pitch-pipe huáng zhōng
• 恥 n shame disgrace vt feel ashamed chǐ
• 衛 vt guard protect defend n state east
• 更 vt change adv gēng g èng
• 共 vt join share adv jointly gòng
• 昆 n elder brother kūn
• 匡 vt correct regulate kuāng
• 脫 vt strip remove escape tuō
• 五伯 n hegemons wǔ bà
• 佐 n assistant vt assist zuǒ
• 遷 ve migrate move remove transfer qiān
• 決 vt open channel water decide adv decidedly
• 剛 sv hard unyielding gāng
• 愎 vt resist sv obstinate bì
• 戄 vt fear awe jué
• 平原君 lord pingyuan c bc the 戰國四公子 píng yuán
• 臨 vt approach ascend condescend oversee lín
• 後宮 n harem member thereof hòu gōng
• 應 aux v vt answer respond correspond deal
• 豎 n young man attendant shù
• 賓 n guest bīn
• Cut 斬 vt decapitate zhǎn
• 其後 adv aftermath qí hòu
• 謙 sv modest humble respectful vt behave respectfully
• 肖 vt resemble xiào
• 博 sv broad vi play board game bó
• 寇 n bandit invader vt raid plunder kòu
• 界 n boundary jiè
• 獵 vi hunting liè go
• 頃 n moment short time qǐng
• 陰 n shadow female principle sv secret yīn
• 任 n burden responsibilty vt give responsiblity entrust
• 單于 n chanyu han 匈奴 chiefs chán yú
• 冒頓 modu c bc 匈奴單于 mò dú
• N 質 pledge hostage substance matter natural qualities
• 壯 sv strong able-bodied zhuàng
• 騎 vt mount sit astride n rider qí
• 悉 vt exhaust adv exhaustively totally xī
• 頗 sv slanting oblique adv pō
• 後母 n stepmother hòu mǔ
• 初 n origins adv time originally chū
• 牧 vt herd tend n pastor pasturage mù
• 破 vt break smash ruin pò
• 輒 adv immediately zhé always
• 輸 vt transport convey contribute transmit shū
• 縣 n district county xiàn
• 助 vt aid assist zhù
• 邊 n border frontier biān
• 宦 n servant official huàn
• 冤 n injustice grievance vt treat unjustly yuān
• 貸 vt borrow lend dài
• 節 n knot joint bamboo section seasonal festival
• 委 vt entrust deliver wěi
• 丞相 n senior minister kingdoms dynasties varying roles
• 軌 n rut track path guǐ
• 誰 pron shéi who
• Vt 從 follow accompany accord cv bring lead
• 中 sv central n centre vt reach zhōng
• 規 n rules regulations customs law vt persuade
• 陋 sv plain ordinary lòu
• 譽 vt admire praise yù
• 毀 vt destroy insult huǐ
• 火 n fire kangxi radical huǒ
• 山 n mountain 崤山 western 河南 kangxi radical
• 巢 n nest tree-based living quarters cháo
• 栗 n chestnut tree surname lì
• 積 vt accumulate store amass jī
• 麋 n elk deer mí
• 鹿 n deer kangxi radical lù
• 隆 sv prosperous plentiful abundant n prosperity lóng
• 涿 vi drip dribble trickle zhuō
• 陵 n hill mound mausoleum vt insult líng
• 米 n uncooked rice kangxi radical mǐ
• 一 n sv kangxi radical yī
• Jū 居居 sv calm free worry
• 之徒 n type people e.g 亂人之徒 zhī tú
• 淺 sv wide loose qiǎn
• 拘 vt arrest imprison jū
• 骨 n bone kangxi radical gǔ
• 葬 vt bury dead zàng
• 抱 vt embrace hold arms enfold bào
• 投 vt throw tóu
• 背 n back adv vt betray bēi
• 瓢 n ladle dish made dried gourd piáo
• 壽 n age long life lifespan shòu
• 割 vt cut gē off
• 股 n thigh gǔ
• 期 n period time date limit sojourn appointment
• 豕 n hog kangxi radical shǐ
• 離 sv heavy important vt such; leave depart separate
• 念 vt read niàn consider
• 剖 vt cut open analyse pōu
• 鬼事 n affairs spirits otherworldly things guǐ shì
• 人事 n human affairs worldly things rén shì
• 盈 sv full fulfilled satisfied yíng
• 除 conj chú except
• 海 n sea ocean hǎi
• 君 n lord ruler sovereign polite term address
• 怪 n monster demon sv strange monstrous vt
• 愛 vt love loving care show concern ài
• 德 n virtue power charisma dé
• Small 小 sv vt kangxi radical xiǎo
• 外 sv outer wài outside
• 友 n friend yǒu
• 窮 sv poor destitute n limit sufferings travails
• 操 vt conduct run control manage cāo
• 託 vt entrust rely commission tuō
• 忽 adv suddenly abruptly vt neglect hū
• 騏 n piebald horse excellent qí
• 馳 vi quickly swiftly hurry chí
• 隙 n crack split fissure grudge xì
• 賊 n thief robber vt harm sv mistrustful
• 不穀 pron i unworthy royal pronoun bù gǔ
• 狂 sv mad violent wild kuáng
• 詐 vt cheat defraud swindle trick feign sv
• 虛 sv false worthless empty hollow xū
• 全 vt maintain intact quán
• 論 vt debate discuss n discourse; 論語 analects lún
• 真 sv real actual true genuine zhēn
• 轡 n bridle reins pèi
• 芒 sv blind máng
• 灰 n.) ash dust lime mortar huī
• 據 vt lay hand occupy n base jù
• 闕 n.) watchtower palace quē
• 歎 vt sigh exclaim tàn
• 灸 vt puncture treat ground mugwort ash jiǔ
• 料 vt play tag touch; consider n conjecture materials
• 須 n whiskers xū
• 容 n appearance figure form róng
• 尾 n tail wěi
• 低 sv low vt lower hang bend bow
• 桀 n chicken roost final emperor 夏朝 jié
• 編 vt knit weave arrange compile biān
• 盍 interrog hé what why
• 幾 interrog pron jī how
• 臧聚 n proverbial money-grabber zāng jù
• 怍 sv ashamed modest zuò
• 嫂 n older brother's wife sister-in-law sǎo
• 幣 n money gift vt bribe bì
• 拂 vt shake brush conflict n dust fú
• 悖 vt contradictory counter bèi
• Song 宋 n state zhou dynasties ad sòng
• 力 n power strength kangxi radical lì
• 今 adv jīn now
• 刀 n knife sword kangxi radical dāo
• 里 n hamlet village distance 500m kangxi radical
• 延 vt.) delay defer yán
• 吾眾 pron wú zhòng us
• 璧 n ceremonial jade disc bì
• 虞 n state sv.) concerned anxious worried yú
• 依 vt rely set consent obey yī
• 殘 vt injure spoil oppress sv broken cán
• 僻 sv out-of-the-way remote unorthodox perverse pì
• 禍 n misfortune calamity disaster huò
• 削 vt scrape pare trim cut xiāo xuē
• 厲 vt grind sharpen whet; (n whetstone; 周厲王 corrupt decadent
• 觴 n wine vessel; feast vi.) propose toast shāng
• 嗜 vt fond weakness addicted shì
• 恃 vt rely presume trust shì
• 社稷 n altars earth grain analogy state shè
• 恤 vi show pity vt relieve xù
• 戮 vt kill massacre oppress lù
• 讎 n enemy rival opponent revenge chóu
• 屈 vi bend flex crouch sv bent crooked
• 著 sv manifest vt understand zhù
• 剋 vt subdue overcome cut kè
• 徐 adv slowly quietly calmly sv composed dignified
• 機 n machine moment chance jī
• 叛 vt rebel n rebellion sv rebellious pàn
• 狄 n generic northern barbarians dí
• 圖 n diagram chart map picture vt designs
• 劫 vt force coerce n disaster jié
• 囚 n.) convict, prisoner vt confine qiú
• 稅 n taxes revenue duty vt shuì
• 狀 n form official legal case zhuàng
• 寫 vt write draw sketch compose record xiě
• 靜 sv quiet gentle jìng
• 臺 n high ground tower lookout platform tái
• 曠 sv.) extensive broad empty kuàng
• 靡 vt divide disperse scatter mí
• 武 sv.) military martial warlike wǔ
• 旁 n side sv close páng
• 援 vt aid lead cite yuán
• 琴 n guqin zither chinese lute qín
• Mí 靡靡 sv extravagant music
• 究 vt examine investigate jiū
• 清 sv clear pure clean peaceful qīng
• 最 adv extremely exceedingly zuì
• 悲 n sorrow grief sv sad bēi
• 薄 sv thin weak poor stingy vt approach
• 老 sv experienced; 耂 radical lǎo
• 車 n vehicle cart chariot kangxi radical chē
• 不得已 aux.v stop bù dé yǐ
• 奏 vt play music report present memorial emperor
• 玄 sv black deep profound abstruse kangxi radical
• 鶴 n crane hè
• 郎 n gentleman young man husband láng
• 垝 sv dilapidated ruined n top apex guǐ
• 列 n line vt arrange order classify liè
• 頸 n neck throat jǐng
• 舒 vt open unfold stretch out;  sv comfortable
• 翼 n wings fish fins shelter alternative capital
• 舞 vi dance posture prance vt brandish wǔ
• 角 n horn angle corner point note classical
• 泰山 n mt tai 山東 eastern sacred mountains
• 蛟 n dragon ability control rain floods jiāo
• 畢 vt finish sv completed bì
• 掃 vt sweep clear exterminate sǎo
• 狼 n wolf láng
• 騰 vi rise fly run prance téng
• 蛇 n snake shé
• 鳳 n male phoenix symbol joy fèng
• 皇 sv royal imperial n ruler superior huáng
• 雲 n cloud yún
• 裂 vt split crack break open rend liè
• 帷 n tent screen curtain wéi
• 俎 n chopping board block sacrifices sv painted
• Cup 豆 n beans peas wine sacrificial esp

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