Chinese | English |
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Literary Chinese: ; proper noun | sun(the star around which the Earth revolves, see also: Sun) |
Literary Chinese: 之 /zhī/; ...的 /...de/ preposition | of(possessive genitive: belonging to) |
Literary Chinese: 同性戀; 同性戀 noun | homosexuality [homosexualities](sexual orientation) |
Literary Chinese: 川; 水; 河; 江; 江河 noun | river [rivers](large stream which drains a landmass) |
Literary Chinese: 滿洲; 滿族人 noun | Manchu [Manchus](member of the people) |
Literary Chinese: 滿洲語 proper noun | Manchu(language) |
Literary Chinese: 維基大典; 維基百科 proper noun | Wikipedia(online encyclopedia) |
Literary Chinese: 而; 然而 conjunction | whereas(but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) |
Literary Chinese: 趁 verb | chase [chased, chasing, chases](to pursue, to follow at speed) |
Literary Chinese: 跕 /tiē/ noun | fall [falls](act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) |
Literary Chinese: 蹇 /jiān/; 瘸腿 /quétuǐ/ adjective | lame [lamer, lamest](unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) |
Literary Chinese: 躊躇 /chóuchú/; 得意 /déyì/ adjective | smug [smugger, smuggest](irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied) |
Literary Chinese: 躋 /jī/; 登 /dēng/ verb | ascend [ascended, ascending, ascends](to fly, to soar) |
Literary Chinese: 鋰; 鋰 noun | lithium(chemical element) |
Literary Chinese: 青 noun | blue-green(color between blue and green) |
Literary Chinese: 韜; 鞘 /qiào/ noun | scabbard [scabbards](the sheath of a sword) |
Literary Chinese: 顙; 前額 noun | forehead [foreheads](part of face above eyebrows) |
Literary Chinese: 饋; 輸送 verb | transport [transported, transporting, transports](carry or bear from one place to another) |
Literary Chinese: 饑饉; 饑荒 noun | famine(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) |
Literary Chinese: 饘粥; 米粥 /mǐzhōu/ noun | congee(a type of rice porridge) |
Literary Chinese: 馥 noun | fragrance [fragrances](pleasant smell or odour) |
Literary Chinese: 髀; 大腿 /dàtuǐ/ noun | thigh [thighs](upper leg) |
Literary Chinese: 髀; 股骨 /gǔgǔ/ noun | thighbone [thighbones](femur) |
Literary Chinese: 鬱勃; 豐富 adjective | luxuriant(abundant in growth or detail) |
Literary Chinese: 鴃; 伯劳 noun | shrike [shrikes](Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae) |
Literary Chinese: 鷇 noun | hatchling [hatchlings](a newly hatched animal) |
Literary Chinese: 麗辭; 對照 noun | antithesis [antitheses](proposition that is opposite to other proposition) |
Literary Chinese: 黲; 黑暗 /hēi'àn/ adjective | dark [darker, darkest](having an absolute or relative lack of light) |
Literary Chinese: 鼧鼥; 旱獺 noun | marmot [marmots](rodent of the genera Marmota) |
Literary Chinese: 鼾; 打鼾 /dǎhān/ verb | snore [snored, snoring, snores](breathe during sleep with harsh noises) |
Literary Chinese: 齏; 碾碎 /niǎnsuì/ verb | pulverise(to render into dust or powder) |
Literary Chinese: 齟齬; 不同意 /bù tóngyì/ verb | disagree [disagreed, disagreeing, disagrees](to fail to agree) |
Literary Chinese: 龍城; 首都 /shǒudū/ noun | capital city [capital cities](city designated as seat of government) |
Literary Chinese: 龍目; 龍眼 noun | longan [longans](fruit) |
Literary: pronoun | it(object) |
Literary: noun | mouse [mice](rodent of the genus Mus) |
Literary: Not used in Chinese pronoun | it(impersonal pronoun, used without referent) |
Literary: 唯 /wéi/ verb | be(used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) |
Literary: 福 /fú/ noun | happiness(emotion of being happy) |
Literary: 誠 /chéng/ adjective | sincere [sincerer, sincerest](earnest) |