The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 6

Vocabulary

你

nǐ — Second person singular pronoun: you

消逝

xiāo shì — To fade away, vanish, or disappear gradually

多快

duō kuài — How quickly, how fast something happens

便

biàn — Then, consequently; indicates immediate result

成长

chéng zhǎng — To grow up, develop, mature over time

在

zài — At, in, on; indicates location or existence

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself, one's own self

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

一个

yī gè — One, a single (general measure word)

后嗣

hòu sì — Offspring, descendants, heirs of one's lineage

中

zhōng — Inside, within, among; middle

延续

yán xù — To continue, extend, or carry on over time

所

suǒ — Particle used before verbs to nominalize actions

离去

lí qù — To leave, depart, go away

生命

shēng mìng — Life, living existence, vitality

那

nà — That; referring to something previously mentioned

年轻

nián qīng — Young, youthful in age

时

shí — Time, moment; when something occurs

赋予

fù yǔ — To endow, bestow, or grant something to someone

新鲜

xīn xiān — Fresh, new, novel in quality

血液

xuè yè — Blood; life-sustaining fluid in the body

当

dāng — When, while; at the time of

从

cóng — From, since; indicates starting point

青春

qīng chūn — Youth, the prime years of one's life

转化

zhuǎn huà — To transform, convert, change into something else

之时

zhī shí — At the time of; when something occurs

仍可

réng kě — Can still, still able to do something

称之为

chēng zhī wéi — To call it, refer to it as something

己有

jǐ yǒu — One's own possession; belonging to oneself

此中

cǐ zhōng — Within this, herein, in this matter

蕴含

yùn hán — To contain, embody, or hold within itself

智慧

zhì huì — Wisdom, intelligence, profound understanding

美丽

měi lì — Beautiful, lovely in appearance or quality

与

yǔ — And, with; connects nouns or clauses

繁衍

fán yǎn — To reproduce, multiply, propagate offspring

舍此

shě cǐ — Apart from this, abandoning or forgoing this

则是

zé shì — Then it is; marks a contrasting consequence

愚昧

yú mèi — Ignorant, foolish, lacking wisdom or knowledge

衰老

shuāi lǎo — To age, grow old, decline in vitality

凄冷

qī lěng — Bleak and cold, desolate and chilly

凋零

diāo líng — To wither and fall, decay gradually

若

ruò — If, supposing; conditional conjunction

众人

zhòng rén — Everyone, all people, the masses

皆

jiē — All, everyone, without exception

如此

rú cǐ — Like this, in this way, thus

想

xiǎng — To think, consider, want, or imagine

时代

shí dài — Era, age, epoch in history

将会

jiāng huì — Will, shall; indicates future occurrence

终结

zhōng jié — To end, conclude, come to a final stop

年

nián — Year; unit of time

便会

biàn huì — Will then, consequently will happen

令

lìng — To cause, make, order someone to do

世界

shì jiè — World, the earth and all existence

消亡

xiāo wáng — To perish, die out, cease to exist

那些

nà xiē — Those; plural demonstrative pronoun

天生

tiān shēng — Born naturally, innate, by nature

不宜

bù yí — Unsuitable, not appropriate for something

传承

chuán chéng — To pass down, inherit, transmit tradition or lineage

之人

zhī rén — Such people, those who; classifying persons

平庸

píng yōng — Mediocre, ordinary, lacking distinction or talent

而

ér — And, yet, but; connects clauses or adjectives

就让

jiù ràng — Just let, simply allow something to happen

他们

tā men — They, them; third person plural pronoun

不育

bù yù — Infertile, unable to reproduce or bear offspring

看

kàn — To look, see, watch, observe

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject

自然

zì rán — Nature; natural, occurring without human intervention

最多

zuì duō — Most, the greatest amount or degree

者

zhě — Suffix indicating a person or thing; the one who

她

tā — She, her; third person feminine singular pronoun

更将

gèng jiāng — Will furthermore, shall additionally do something

厚礼

hòu lǐ — Generous gift, lavish present or reward

赐予

cì yǔ — To bestow, grant, give as a gift from above

这

zhè — This; near demonstrative pronoun

慷慨

kāng kǎi — Generous, magnanimous, giving freely

应当

yīng dāng — Should, ought to, must do something

以

yǐ — With, by means of; used as preposition

珍重

zhēn zhòng — To cherish, treasure, take good care of

将

jiāng — Will, shall; future auxiliary or preposition

雕刻

diāo kè — To carve, engrave; sculpted artwork

为

wéi — As, to be; serve as a function or role

印章

yìn zhāng — Seal, stamp used to mark documents officially

在于

zài yú — Lies in, consists of, depends on

应

yīng — Should, ought to; must do something

多加

duō jiā — To do more of, apply more effort

莫让

mò ràng — Do not let, don't allow something to happen

就此

jiù cǐ — At this point, thus, hereby ending here

我

wǒ — I, me; first person singular pronoun

细数

xì shǔ — To count carefully, enumerate in detail

报时

bào shí — To announce the time, chime the hour

时钟

shí zhōng — Clock, timepiece that shows the hour

目睹

mù dǔ — To witness, see with one's own eyes

壮丽

zhuàng lì — Magnificent, grand, splendid in appearance

白昼

bái zhòu — Daytime, daylight hours, the bright day

沉入

chén rù — To sink into, descend into deeply

可怖

kě bù — Terrifying, dreadful, frightening in nature

黑夜

hēi yè — Dark night, the blackness of nighttime

望见

wàng jiàn — To see in the distance, catch sight of

紫罗兰

zǐ luó lán — Violet flower; purple-colored fragrant blossom

芳华

fāng huá — Youthful beauty, the splendor of youth

已逝

yǐ shì — Already passed away, gone, no longer present

乌黑

wū hēi — Jet black, very dark in color

卷发

juǎn fà — Curly hair, wavy or coiled hair

银白

yín bái — Silver-white, the color of silver

看见

kàn jiàn — To see, catch sight of something

高树

gāo shù — Tall tree, a lofty standing tree

叶落

yè luò — Leaves fall, foliage drops from branches

曾在

céng zài — Once was, used to be at a place

炎夏

yán xià — Scorching summer, hot summer season

牛羊

niú yáng — Cattle and sheep; livestock animals

遮荫

zhē yīn — To provide shade, shelter from the sun

枝叶

zhī yè — Branches and leaves of a tree

夏日

xià rì — Summer day, a day in summer season

绿意

lǜ yì — Greenery, the lush feeling of green nature

尽数

jìn shù — All, entirely, without exception

由

yóu — By, from, through; indicates agent or means

老者

lǎo zhě — An elderly person, an old man or woman

扛在

káng zài — To carry on the shoulder, bear upon

上

shàng — On, above, upper; atop something

于是

yú shì — Therefore, consequently, so then

不禁

bù jīn — Cannot help but, can't refrain from doing

质疑

zhì yí — To question, doubt, challenge something stated

终将

zhōng jiāng — Will eventually, shall ultimately in the end

走入

zǒu rù — To walk into, enter into a place or state

时间

shí jiān — Time, duration, the concept of time

荒芜

huāng wú — Desolate, barren, overgrown and neglected

之中

zhī zhōng — Within, in the midst of something

因为

yīn wèi — Because, since, for the reason that

甜美

tián měi — Sweet and beautiful, delightful in quality

自我

zì wǒ — Self, oneself; the ego or personal identity

弃绝

qì jué — To abandon completely, forsake, give up entirely

恰如

qià rú — Just as, exactly like, comparable to

见到

jiàn dào — To see, encounter, come across something

能

néng — Can, able to, capable of doing something

抵御

dǐ yù — To resist, withstand, defend against something

唯有

wéi yǒu — Only, solely, nothing but this alone

后代

hòu dài — Descendants, future generations, offspring

方能

fāng néng — Only then can, only thereby able to

与之

yǔ zhī — With it, against it, in relation to it

抗衡

kàng héng — To counterbalance, contend with, match against

带走

dài zǒu — To take away, carry off, lead away