The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 3

Vocabulary

他

tā — He, him; third person singular masculine pronoun.

以

yǐ — With, by means of; used to indicate instrument or method.

一把

yī bǎ — A handful of; one piece of (handheld object).

残剑

cán jiàn — A broken or worn-out sword.

击破

jī pò — To strike and break apart; to defeat by force.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.

他们

tā men — They, them; third person plural pronoun.

在

zài — At, in, on; indicates location or ongoing action.

靠近

kào jìn — To be close to; to approach or draw near.

大海

dà hǎi — The sea, the ocean; large body of saltwater.

之处

zhī chù — The place of; a location marker in literary Chinese.

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating something distant.

喘息

chuǎn xī — To gasp for breath; to take a brief rest.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

片刻

piàn kè — A brief moment; a short period of time.

安宁

ān níng — Peace and calm; a state of tranquility and serenity.

中

zhōng — In the middle of; within a state or place.

四周

sì zhōu — All around; on every side in all directions.

包围

bāo wéi — To surround, encircle; to besiege from all sides.

着

zhe — Particle indicating ongoing or continuous action or state.

经久不息

jīng jiǔ bù xī — Lasting a long time without stopping; enduring continuously.

喧嚣

xuān xiāo — Noise and clamor; loud uproarious din or tumult.

头戴

tóu dài — Wearing on the head; to have something on one's head.

金冠

jīn guān — A golden crown; a royal headpiece made of gold.

羊毛

yáng máo — Wool; the soft fiber from sheep's fleece.

一棵

yī kē — One (tree or plant); measure word for plants.

树下

shù xià — Under a tree; beneath the shade of a tree.

颁布

bān bù — To promulgate, issue officially; to announce a law or decree.

法令

fǎ lìng — A decree or ordinance; an official legal order.

北方人

běi fāng rén — Northerners; people originating from the north.

来到

lái dào — To arrive at; to come to a place.

我们

wǒ men — We, us; first person plural pronoun.

土地

tǔ dì — Land, territory, soil; the earth beneath one's feet.

那是

nà shì — That is; used to identify or describe something.

一群

yī qún — A group of; a crowd or herd of people or animals.

没有

méi yǒu — Do not have; there is no; lacking something entirely.

基督

Jī dū — Christ; referring to Jesus Christ in Christianity.

信仰

xìn yǎng — Faith, belief; religious conviction or spiritual devotion.

骑士

qí shì — A knight; an armored warrior on horseback.

不识

bù shí — Do not know; unable to recognize or understand.

拱门

gǒng mén — An archway; a curved architectural gateway structure.

也

yě — Also, too; indicates addition or parallel statement.

不知

bù zhī — Do not know; unaware of something.

笔墨

bǐ mò — Pen and ink; writing and literacy in general.

伟岸

wěi àn — Tall and imposing; describing a grand physical stature.

英俊

yīng jùn — Handsome, good-looking; attractive in appearance (of men).

却

què — But, yet; indicates contrast or unexpected result.

愚鲁

yú lǔ — Stupid and crude; dull-witted and uncouth in manner.

男人们

nán rén men — The men; plural form referring to a group of men.

来自

lái zì — Coming from; originating from a particular place.

日出

rì chū — Sunrise; the rising of the sun in the east.

与

yǔ — And, with; connects nouns or indicates accompaniment.

形状

xíng zhuàng — Shape, form; the external outline or appearance of something.

怪异

guài yì — Strange and bizarre; unusual and eerie in appearance.

船只

chuán zhī — Vessels, boats; collective term for watercraft.

屹立

yì lì — To stand tall and firm; to tower imposingly upright.

于

yú — At, in, on; classical preposition indicating location or time.

深海

shēn hǎi — The deep sea; the vast depths of the ocean.

满载

mǎn zài — Fully loaded; carrying a full cargo of goods.

奇异

qí yì — Strange, extraordinary; unusual or remarkable in quality.

金银

jīn yín — Gold and silver; precious metals representing wealth.

火焰

huǒ yàn — Flame, fire; the visible burning of combustion.

那些

nà xiē — Those; plural demonstrative referring to distant objects.

毛发

máo fà — Hair and fur; body hair covering humans or animals.

浓密

nóng mì — Thick and dense; describing heavy or abundant growth.

罪孽

zuì niè — Sin, iniquity; moral transgression and its consequences.

涉水

shè shuǐ — To wade through water; to cross water on foot.

穿越

chuān yuè — To pass through; to cross over a space or barrier.

漫长

màn cháng — Long and drawn-out; tediously extended in length or time.

低洼

dī wā — Low-lying, sunken; describing land that is depressed and flat.

海滩

hǎi tān — Beach, seashore; sandy or pebbly shore along the sea.

泥泞

nì nìng — Muddy, miry; wet and sticky ground difficult to cross.

城镇

chéng zhèn — Towns; urban settlements smaller than a city.

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject is acted upon.

高大

gāo dà — Tall and large; physically imposing in height and size.

王者

wáng zhě — A king, a ruler; one who holds royal sovereignty.

所

suǒ — Particle used before verb to form passive or nominalizer.

震撼

zhèn hàn — To shake, to awe; to deeply stir or overwhelm emotionally.

蓄着

xù zhe — Wearing or growing (hair/beard); maintaining or cultivating.

血红

xuè hóng — Blood red; a deep vivid red color like blood.

胡须

hú xū — Beard and mustache; facial hair on a man's face.

世界

shì jiè — The world; all of existence and the human realm.

化为

huà wéi — To transform into; to become or turn into something.

虚无

xū wú — Nothingness, void; emptiness and nonexistence.

夺取

duó qǔ — To seize, to take by force; to capture aggressively.

上帝

Shàng dì — God; the supreme deity in Christianity.

仁慈

rén cí — Merciful, benevolent; kind and compassionate in nature.

十字架

shí zì jià — A cross; the cruciform symbol of Christianity.

劈成

pī chéng — To chop into; to split something apart into pieces.

木柴

mù chái — Firewood; wood cut and used as fuel for burning.

灵魂

líng hún — Soul, spirit; the immaterial essence of a being.

如

rú — Like, as; used to make comparisons or similes.

海水

hǎi shuǐ — Seawater; the saltwater of the ocean or sea.

般

bān — Like, similar to; comparison particle (literary style).

漂泊

piāo bó — To drift, to wander; living without a fixed home.

无定

wú dìng — Without fixed place; unsettled and uncertain in direction.

所有

suǒ yǒu — All, everything; possessing or including every part.

美好

měi hǎo — Beautiful and good; wonderful, pleasant, and positive.

只

zhǐ — Only, merely; limiting to just one thing or amount.

沉滞

chén zhì — Stagnant, sluggish; stuck and unable to move forward.

目光

mù guāng — Gaze, eyesight; the look or expression in one's eyes.

打量

dǎ liang — To look over, to size up; to examine someone carefully.

沉重

chén zhòng — Heavy, burdensome; weighty in physical or emotional sense.

双手

shuāng shǒu — Both hands; a pair of hands working together.

破坏

pò huài — To destroy, to damage; to ruin or wreck something.

一切

yī qiè — Everything, all; every single thing without exception.

神明

shén míng — Gods, deities; divine spiritual beings worshipped by people.

比

bǐ — Compared to; a preposition used in comparative sentences.

更为

gèng wéi — Even more; to a greater degree (intensifying comparison).

忧郁

yōu yù — Melancholy, gloomy; feeling sad and emotionally depressed.

是

shì — Is, are, am; the main Chinese copula linking subject and predicate.

意志

yì zhì — Will, willpower; determined mental strength and resolve.

游荡

yóu dàng — To wander, to roam; moving about aimlessly without purpose.

诸神

zhū shén — The gods; all the deities of a pantheon collectively.

夜里

yè lǐ — At night, in the night; during the nighttime hours.

野兽

yě shòu — Wild beast; a fierce untamed animal in the wild.

嗥叫

háo jiào — To howl; the loud cry of a wolf or wild animal.

渴求

kě qiú — To crave, to thirst for; to desperately desire something.

鲜血

xiān xuè — Fresh blood; blood newly shed from a living being.

悲戚

bēi qī — Grieved and sorrowful; deeply sad and mournful in feeling.

地

de — Adverbial particle; links adverb or phrase to a verb.

从

cóng — From; indicates the starting point of an action or movement.

山头

shān tóu — Hilltop, mountain peak; the top of a hill or mountain.

呼啸

hū xiào — To howl, to roar; to make a loud rushing whistling sound.

到

dào — To arrive at; to reach a destination or extent.

如同

rú tóng — Just like, as if; used to draw a comparison.

行走

xíng zǒu — To walk, to travel on foot; moving by walking.

大地

dà dì — The earth, the land; the vast surface of the ground.

树木

shù mù — Trees; woody plants growing in forests or fields.

同样

tóng yàng — Equally, in the same way; similarly or likewise.

愚钝

yú dùn — Dull-witted, slow; lacking sharpness of mind or intellect.

然而

rán ér — However, yet; introduces a contrasting statement or idea.

攫取

jué qǔ — To seize, to snatch; to grab something forcefully with hands.

苍天

cāng tiān — The heavens, the sky; the vast blue sky above.

而

ér — And, yet, but; a classical conjunction linking clauses.

救援

jiù yuán — Rescue, aid; help given to someone in danger or need.

全然

quán rán — Completely, entirely; absolutely and without any exception.

英格兰

Yīng gé lán — England; the country in the south of Great Britain.

林间

lín jiān — Among the trees; within or between the forest.

鸟雀

niǎo què — Birds; small birds and sparrows in general.

繁衍

fán yǎn — To multiply and reproduce; to proliferate and propagate.

玫瑰

méi guī — Rose; a thorny flowering plant with fragrant blooms.

扎根

zhā gēn — To take root; to establish firmly in the ground.

生长

shēng zhǎng — To grow; to develop and increase in size or number.

当

dāng — When, at the time of; a temporal conjunction.

躲避

duǒ bì — To dodge, to hide from; to evade or avoid something.

弓矢

gōng shǐ — Bow and arrows; traditional archery weapons for combat.

已

yǐ — Already; indicates a completed state (literary particle).

无

wú — Without, there is no; to lack or not have something.

铠甲

kǎi jiǎ — Armor; protective metal clothing worn by warriors.

留存

liú cún — To remain, to be preserved; to be left behind or retained.

任何

rèn hé — Any, whatever; referring to any item without restriction.

欲

yù — To wish to, to desire; wanting to do something (literary).

成为

chéng wéi — To become; to develop into a particular role or state.