The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 9

Vocabulary

然而

rán ér — However; yet; introducing a contrasting statement.

上天

shàng tiān — Heaven; the sky; God or fate.

知晓

zhī xiǎo — To know; to be aware of something.

它

tā — It; third-person pronoun for non-human things.

不过

bù guò — However; but; only; merely.

如同

rú tóng — Just like; similar to; as if.

一座

yī zuò — One (measure word for large structures).

坟墓

fén mù — Grave; tomb; burial place.

遮掩

zhē yǎn — To conceal; to cover up; to hide.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or change.

你的

nǐ de — Your; belonging to you.

生命

shēng mìng — Life; existence; vitality.

不及

bù jí — Not as good as; falling short of.

展露

zhǎn lù — To reveal; to display; to show.

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.

风华

fēng huá — Elegance; graceful charm; radiant beauty.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

一半

yī bàn — Half; one half of something.

若

ruò — If; supposing; as if.

我

wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.

能

néng — Can; to be able to; capable of.

描绘

miáo huì — To depict; to portray; to describe vividly.

双眸

shuāng móu — Both eyes; a pair of eyes.

之美

zhī měi — The beauty of; beautiful quality of something.

以

yǐ — With; by means of; using.

清新

qīng xīn — Fresh; clean and refreshing; crisp.

诗行

shī háng — Line of poetry; verse line.

尽数

jìn shù — Completely enumerate; fully account for all.

一切

yī qiè — Everything; all; every single thing.

风姿

fēng zī — Graceful bearing; elegant demeanor and appearance.

未来

wèi lái — Future; time yet to come.

世人

shì rén — People of the world; ordinary people.

将

jiāng — Will; shall; about to (future marker).

谓

wèi — To say; to call; to be called.

此

cǐ — This; these; indicating something nearby.

诗人

shī rén — Poet; person who writes poetry.

言过其实

yán guò qí shí — To exaggerate; words exceeding reality.

如此

rú cǐ — Such; like this; in this way.

天赐

tiān cì — Heaven-bestowed; divinely granted gift.

容颜

róng yán — Appearance; face; countenance and looks.

从未

cóng wèi — Never; not ever at any time.

现于

xiàn yú — Appeared in; manifested in a place.

凡间

fán jiān — The mortal world; the human realm.

那

nà — That; those; indicating something distant.

纸页

zhǐ yè — Pages of paper; written pages.

已

yǐ — Already; by now; having done something.

因

yīn — Because of; due to; owing to.

岁月

suì yuè — Years; passage of time; years and months.

而

ér — And; yet; but; connecting clauses.

泛黄

fàn huáng — To yellow; to turn yellow with age.

遭

zāo — To suffer; to encounter misfortune.

鄙弃

bǐ qì — To despise and discard; to scorn utterly.

夸夸其谈

kuā kuā qí tán — To talk boastfully; to speak with empty exaggeration.

老朽

lǎo xiǔ — Old and decayed; outdated; decrepit.

应得

yīng dé — Deserving; ought to receive; merited.

真实

zhēn shí — True; genuine; real; authentic.

赞颂

zàn sòng — To praise; to extol; to sing praises.

被斥

bèi chì — To be denounced; to be rebuked.

为

wéi — As; to be; for (linking verb).

狂想

kuáng xiǎng — Wild fantasy; extravagant imagination.

是

shì — Is; are; am; to be (copula).

古旧

gǔ jiù — Old; antiquated; ancient and outdated.

歌谣

gē yáo — Folk song; ballad; rhyme or ditty.

中

zhōng — In; within; among; inside.

夸张

kuā zhāng — Exaggeration; to overstate; hyperbolic.

韵律

yùn lǜ — Rhythm; meter; cadence in poetry.

有

yǒu — To have; there is/are; to exist.

子嗣

zǐ sì — Offspring; children; descendants; heirs.

彼时

bǐ shí — At that time; back then; in those days.

尚存

shàng cún — Still surviving; still in existence.

得以

dé yǐ — To be able to; thus enabling; thereby.

两世

liǎng shì — Two lifetimes; two generations; dual existence.

长存

cháng cún — To exist forever; to endure permanently.

于

yú — In; at; from; preposition of location.

之中

zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of; among.

亦

yì — Also; too; likewise (literary usage).

我的

wǒ de — My; mine; belonging to me.

诗篇

shī piān — Poem; poetic composition; a piece of poetry.

可否

kě fǒu — Can or cannot; whether it is possible.

比作

bǐ zuò — To compare to; to liken to something.

夏日

xià rì — Summer day; a day in summer.

一天

yī tiān — One day; a single day.

比

bǐ — Than; compared to; to compare.

更

gèng — Even more; still more; further.

可爱

kě ài — Lovely; adorable; cute; endearing.

也

yě — Also; too; as well; likewise.

温煦

wēn xù — Warm and gentle; pleasantly warm.

狂风

kuáng fēng — Fierce wind; raging storm; gale.

摇撼

yáo hàn — To shake violently; to rock and rattle.

五月

wǔ yuè — May; the fifth month of the year.

娇嫩

jiāo nèn — Delicate; tender; fragile and soft.

花蕾

huā lěi — Flower bud; unopened bloom.

契约

qì yuē — Contract; agreement; covenant; pact.

期限

qī xiàn — Time limit; deadline; set period.

实在

shí zài — Really; indeed; truly; in reality.

太短

tài duǎn — Too short; excessively brief.

有时

yǒu shí — Sometimes; at times; occasionally.

天上

tiān shàng — In the sky; heavenly; up above.

眼睛

yǎn jīng — Eye; eyes; organ of sight.

烈焰

liè yàn — Fierce flames; blazing fire; intense blaze.

灼灼

zhuó zhuó — Blazing brightly; shining with intense heat.

又

yòu — Again; also; in addition; and.

常常

cháng cháng — Often; frequently; usually; habitually.

他

tā — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun.

金色

jīn sè — Golden color; gold-colored; yellow-gold.

黯然失色

àn rán shī sè — To pale in comparison; to lose luster.

世间

shì jiān — In the world; on earth; worldly.

美丽

měi lì — Beautiful; pretty; attractive in appearance.

终将

zhōng jiāng — Will eventually; ultimately will; destined to.

由盛转衰

yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāi — To go from prosperity to decline.

或

huò — Or; either; perhaps; sometimes.

偶然

ǒu rán — By chance; accidentally; occasionally.

自然

zì rán — Nature; natural; naturally; the natural world.

运转

yùn zhuǎn — To operate; to revolve; to function cyclically.

失其

shī qí — To lose its; to be deprived of.

修饰

xiū shì — To adorn; to embellish; decoration.

永恒

yǒng héng — Eternal; everlasting; permanent; timeless.

却

què — But; yet; however; on the contrary.

不会

bù huì — Will not; cannot; unable to do.

消逝

xiāo shì — To vanish; to fade away; to disappear.

失去

shī qù — To lose; to be deprived of something.

所

suǒ — That which; particle before verbs (literary).

拥有

yōng yǒu — To possess; to own; to have.

那份

nà fèn — That portion; that share; that quality.

死神

sǐ shén — Death personified; the Grim Reaper; god of death.

不能

bù néng — Cannot; unable to; not capable of.

夸口

kuā kǒu — To boast; to brag; to speak arrogantly.

说

shuō — To say; to speak; to tell; to talk.

游荡

yóu dàng — To wander; to roam; to drift about.

他的

tā de — His; belonging to him.

阴影

yīn yǐng — Shadow; shade; dark influence.

当

dāng — When; while; at the time of.

在

zài — At; in; to be located; existing.

与

yǔ — And; with; together with.

时光

shí guāng — Time; the passage of time; days.

同生共长

tóng shēng gòng zhǎng — To grow together; to exist and flourish jointly.

只要

zhǐ yào — As long as; provided that; so long as.

人类

rén lèi — Humanity; human beings; mankind.

呼吸

hū xī — To breathe; respiration; breath.

看见

kàn jiàn — To see; to catch sight of; to notice.

此诗

cǐ shī — This poem; the present poem.

便将

biàn jiāng — Then will; thereupon shall; and thus will.

赋予

fù yǔ — To bestow; to endow; to grant something.