The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 13

Vocabulary

让

ràng — To let, allow, or cause someone to do something

那些

nà xiē — Those; referring to previously mentioned plural things

受到

shòu dào — To receive or be subjected to something

星辰

xīng chén — Stars and celestial bodies; the heavens

眷顾

juàn gù — To show favor or care toward someone

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

人

rén — Person, human being, people

去

qù — To go; also used before verbs to indicate purpose

夸耀

kuā yào — To boast or show off proudly

世人

shì rén — People of the world; ordinary human beings

荣誉

róng yù — Honor, glory, prestige earned through achievement

与

yǔ — And; together with; literary conjunction

骄傲

jiāo ào — Pride; arrogance; feeling proud of oneself

头衔

tóu xián — Title or honorific rank bestowed upon someone

而

ér — Yet, but, and; literary connective conjunction

我

wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

被

bèi — Passive marker indicating action done to subject

命运

mìng yùn — Fate, destiny, fortune governing one's life

阻隔

zǔ gé — To separate or block by obstacle or barrier

于

yú — At, in, from; literary preposition of location

荣耀

róng yào — Glory, honor, splendor; state of being celebrated

之外

zhī wài — Outside of, beyond, excluding something

却

què — Yet, but, however; introduces a contrast

在

zài — At, in; to be located at a place

最

zuì — Most; superlative degree marker before adjectives

珍视

zhēn shì — To cherish or value something highly

之处

zhī chù — The place where; a literary locative expression

寻得

xún dé — To find or discover after searching

意外

yì wài — Unexpected, accidental; a surprise or accident

喜悦

xǐ yuè — Joy, delight, happiness; a feeling of gladness

权贵

quán guì — The powerful and privileged; influential nobility

宠臣

chǒng chén — Favored courtier or official in royal favor

们

men — Plural suffix for pronouns and people nouns

舒展

shū zhǎn — To stretch out, unfold, or spread openly

着

zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing or continuous action

他们

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

华美

huá měi — Magnificent, gorgeous, splendidly beautiful

叶片

yè piàn — Leaf blade; a single leaf of a plant

如

rú — Like, as, similar to; literary comparative word

仰望

yǎng wàng — To look up at; to gaze upward with admiration

太阳

tài yáng — The sun; the star at the center of solar system

目光

mù guāng — Gaze, eyesight; the direction one's eyes look

埋葬

mái zàng — To bury; to inter something underground

自身

zì shēn — Oneself, one's own self; reflexive expression

之中

zhī zhōng — Within, in the midst of; literary locative phrase

因为

yīn wèi — Because, due to; introduces a reason or cause

一个

yī gè — One; a single unit or instance of something

便

biàn — Then, thereupon; literary word meaning consequently

荣光

róng guāng — Glory, radiant honor; brilliance of achievement

中

zhōng — In, within, middle; inside a place or state

凋零

diāo líng — To wither, fade, and fall; to decline gradually

那

nà — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant things

历尽

lì jìn — To have experienced fully; gone through exhaustively

艰辛

jiān xīn — Hardship, toil, bitter difficulty and suffering

以

yǐ — By means of, with, using; literary preposition

著称

zhù chēng — To be well-known or celebrated for something

勇士

yǒng shì — Brave warrior, courageous fighter, hero

千百次

qiān bǎi cì — Hundreds and thousands of times; innumerable times

胜利

shèng lì — Victory, triumph; winning in competition or battle

之后

zhī hòu — After, afterward, following a certain point

一旦

yī dàn — Once, if ever; as soon as a condition occurs

败北

bài běi — To suffer defeat; to lose in battle or contest

从

cóng — From; following; along; preposition of origin

册

cè — Book, volume, register; a bound collection of pages

上

shàng — Above, on top of; upper surface of something

彻底

chè dǐ — Completely, thoroughly, totally without remainder

抹去

mǒ qù — To erase, wipe out, remove completely

他

tā — He, him; third-person singular male pronoun

奋斗

fèn dòu — To struggle, strive, fight hard toward a goal

一切

yī qiè — Everything, all things; the entirety of something

也

yě — Also, too, as well; additive adverb

遗忘

yí wàng — To forget, to be forgotten; fall into oblivion

那么

nà me — Then, in that case; so; transitional conjunction

何其

hé qí — How very, how extremely; exclamatory intensifier

幸福

xìng fú — Happy, blessed; a state of happiness and contentment

并

bìng — And, furthermore, also; additive conjunction

被爱

bèi ài — To be loved; receiving love from another person

那里

nà lǐ — There, that place; refers to a location mentioned

既

jì — Already; since; both…and in paired constructions

不会

bù huì — Will not, cannot; expressing impossibility or inability

离去

lí qù — To leave, depart, go away from a place

驱离

qū lí — To drive away, expel, force someone to leave

主宰

zhǔ zǎi — Master, ruler; one who controls or dominates

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun

美德

měi dé — Virtue, moral excellence, fine quality of character

紧紧

jǐn jǐn — Tightly, firmly, closely held without loosening

系住

jì zhù — To tie up, bind, fasten securely in place

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state

忠诚

zhōng chéng — Loyalty, faithfulness, devotion to someone

呈上

chéng shàng — To present, submit, or offer respectfully upward

这

zhè — This; near demonstrative pronoun

书面

shū miàn — Written, in writing; pertaining to written form

使命

shǐ mìng — Mission, calling, duty assigned to someone

忠心

zhōng xīn — Loyal heart, faithfulness, devoted sincerity

而非

ér fēi — Rather than, not; literary contrastive conjunction

炫耀

xuàn yào — To show off, flaunt, display proudly

才智

cái zhì — Talent and wisdom; intellectual ability and cleverness

这份

zhè fèn — This portion, this piece; this particular item

深重

shēn zhòng — Deep and heavy; profound in degree or severity

这般

zhè bān — Such, like this; of this kind or degree

拙劣

zhuō liè — Clumsy, crude, poor in quality or skill

或

huò — Or, perhaps; presenting an alternative possibility

因

yīn — Because of, due to; literary causal preposition

言词

yán cí — Words, expressions, verbal or written wording

匮乏

kuì fá — Lacking, scarce, deficient; in short supply

显得

xiǎn de — To appear, seem, look a certain way

苍白

cāng bái — Pale, wan, lacking color or vitality; feeble

但

dàn — But, however; introduces a contrasting statement

希望

xī wàng — Hope, wish; to desire something will happen

心中

xīn zhōng — In the heart, inwardly; within one's inner mind

某种

mǒu zhǒng — A certain kind or type; some sort of something

美好

měi hǎo — Beautiful and good; wonderful, lovely, fine

领悟

lǐng wù — To comprehend, grasp, have an insight or realization

灵魂

líng hún — Soul, spirit; the inner essence of a person

深思

shēn sī — To ponder deeply, think carefully and thoroughly

赤诚

chì chéng — Utterly sincere, genuinely wholehearted, absolutely honest

坦露

tǎn lù — To reveal openly, lay bare, expose honestly

将

jiāng — Will, shall; future tense marker in literary Chinese

予以

yǔ yǐ — To give, grant, or bestow something formally

接纳

jiē nà — To accept, receive, admit into one's embrace

直到

zhí dào — Until, up to; continuing to a specific point

引领

yǐn lǐng — To guide, lead, direct someone forward

前行

qián xíng — To move forward, advance, proceed ahead

和煦

hé xù — Warm and gentle, pleasantly mild as sunlight

面容

miàn róng — Face, facial appearance, countenance of a person

慈悲

cí bēi — Compassion, mercy, benevolence toward all beings

地

de — Adverbial particle linking manner to verb

指引

zhǐ yǐn — To guide, direct, point the way for someone

为

wèi — For, on behalf of; literary prepositional word

破碎

pò suì — Broken, shattered into pieces; fragmented

爱

ài — Love; affection; to love someone deeply

披上

pī shàng — To drape over, put on like a cloak or garment

衣裳

yī shang — Clothing, garments, outfit worn on the body

使

shǐ — To cause, make, enable; to send or dispatch

配得上

pèi de shàng — Worthy of, deserving of, a match for something

温柔

wēn róu — Gentle, tender, soft and kind in manner

敬重

jìng zhòng — Respect, esteem, to hold in high regard

那时

nà shí — At that time, then; referring to a future moment

才

cái — Only then, just; indicating a condition must first be met

敢

gǎn — To dare, to have the courage to do something

是

shì — To be; copular verb linking subject and predicate

如何

rú hé — How, in what way; asking manner or degree

在此之前

zài cǐ zhī qián — Before this, prior to this moment or event

不敢

bù gǎn — Dare not, do not have the courage to act

能

néng — Can, able to; expressing capability or possibility

考验

kǎo yàn — To test, put to trial; a test of quality or character

抛头露面

pāo tóu lù miàn — To appear in public; show oneself openly to others