莊子 Flashcards
逍遙
xiāoyáo
V to be free and easy
北冥
běimíng
N the Northern Darkness
鯤
kūn
N fish fry
東方朔
dōngfāngshuò
A Han dynasty man of letters
洪波
hóngbō
N turbulent waves
鯨
jīng
N “leviathan”, whale
爾雅
ěryǎ
A late Warring States compendium of glosses on early texts
便
biàn
Fw then, directly then
開端
kāiduān
N starting point
鵬
péng
N roc
鳳
fèng
N male Phoenix
怒
nù
V to exert oneself 努
翼
yì
N wings
垂
chuí
V to hang, drape
徙
xǐ
V to move
諺
yàn
N a proverb
齊諧
qíxié
N a book about supernatural things
志怪
zhìguài
V to record the strange
諧虐
xiénüè
N joke, jest
擊
jí
V to strike
踉蹌
liàngqiàng
V to wobble, move uneasily
摶
tuán
V to twist
扶搖
fúyáo
N a whirlwind
坳
ào
N a depression
芥
jiè
N chaff
膠
jiāo
N glue; V to stick
著
zhuó
V to stick to
斯
sī
Fw under these circumstances
培
péi
V to bank up, pile up
馮
píng
V to rely on 憑
乘
chéng
V to ride
夭閼
yāoè
V to impede
圖
tú
V to plan
蜩
tiáo
N cicada
學鳩
xuéjiū
N a type of pigeon
文選
wénxuǎn
N important literary anthology in early imperial times
決
jué
V in a rushing manner
疾
jí
V to be swift
趹
jué
V to travel quickly
槍
qiāng
N a spear
搶
qiāng
V to hit, to strike
突
tú
V to be sudden, abrupt
榆枋
yúfāng
N two types of elm
控
kòng
V to throw, hit
為
wéi
Interrogative final particle
適
shì
V to go to
莽蒼
mǎngcāng
V descriptive of open countryside
三飡
N three meals
腹
fǔ
N belly
猶
yóu
Adv still
果然
guǒrán
V to be full
舂糧
chōngliáng
V to pound grain in a mortar
菌
jùn
N mushroom
晦朔
huìshuò
N dusk/dawn; end of month/beginning of month
芝
zhī
N a type of fungus
蟪蛄
huìgū
N a type of cicada
冥靈
mínglíng
V to be obscure and divine