The divine comedy — Page 1

Vocabulary

经由

jīng yóu — By way of; passing through a route or medium.

我

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

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun.

将

jiāng — Will; about to; future tense marker.

进入

jìn rù — To enter; to go into a place or state.

苦难

kǔ nàn — Suffering; hardship; great pain and misery.

之

zhī — Possessive or linking particle; literary 'of'.

城

chéng — City; town; walled urban settlement.

永恒

yǒng héng — Eternal; everlasting; existing forever without end.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or description.

痛苦

tòng kǔ — Pain; anguish; intense physical or emotional suffering.

置身于

zhì shēn yú — To find oneself in; to be situated among.

永

yǒng — Forever; eternally; permanently lasting.

堕

duò — To fall; to sink; to descend into a bad state.

迷途

mí tú — Lost path; to be led astray; going astray.

众灵

zhòng líng — Multitude of souls; many spirits or beings.

之中

zhī zhōng — Among; within; in the middle of something.

正义

zhèng yì — Justice; righteousness; moral fairness and equity.

推动

tuī dòng — To drive; to propel; to motivate an action forward.

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state.

建造者

jiàn zào zhě — Builder; constructor; one who creates structures.

建起

jiàn qǐ — To build up; to construct and establish something.

乃是

nǎi shì — Is indeed; actually is; literary emphatic 'to be'.

神圣

shén shèng — Sacred; holy; divine and worthy of reverence.

之力

zhī lì — Power of; force or strength of something.

职责

zhí zé — Duty; responsibility; one's official obligation.

至高

zhì gāo — Supreme; highest; of the utmost level or rank.

智慧

zhì huì — Wisdom; intelligence; deep understanding and insight.

与

yǔ — And; with; together with another element.

原初

yuán chū — Primordial; original; existing from the very beginning.

爱

ài — Love; affection; deep emotional attachment to someone.

在

zài — At; in; to be present at a location.

之前

zhī qián — Before; prior to; earlier than a reference point.

受造

shòu zào — Created; made; brought into existence by a creator.

之物

zhī wù — Things of; objects or beings belonging to a category.

皆

jiē — All; each and every; without exception.

不存在

bù cún zài — Does not exist; nonexistent; having no existence.

唯有

wéi yǒu — Only; solely; nothing else but this.

长存

cháng cún — To endure forever; to exist permanently without end.

而

ér — And; yet; but; conjunction linking clauses.

亦

yì — Also; too; likewise; literary synonym for 也.

凡

fán — All; every; any; whoever meets a condition.

入

rù — To enter; to go into; to pass inside.

此门

cǐ mén — This gate; this door; the entrance here.

者

zhě — One who; person that; suffix marking a doer.

须将

xū jiāng — Must take; shall cause to; is required to.

一切

yī qiè — Everything; all things; without any exception.

希望

xī wàng — Hope; wish; desire for a positive outcome.

抛诸脑后

pāo zhū nǎo hòu — To cast behind one's mind; to completely abandon.

如此

rú cǐ — Like this; thus; in such a manner as described.

文字

wén zì — Written characters; text; written language script.

色泽

sè zé — Color and luster; hue and sheen of a surface.

晦暗

huì àn — Dark and gloomy; dim; obscure in color or mood.

看见

kàn jiàn — To see; to catch sight of; to perceive visually.

它们

tā men — They; them; third-person plural for objects or animals.

镌刻

juān kè — To engrave; to carve inscriptions into a surface.

于

yú — At; in; on; literary preposition of location.

一道

yī dào — A; one; classifier for gates, doors, or barriers.

门户

mén hù — Gateway; doorway; entrance to a building or realm.

高耸

gāo sǒng — Towering; soaring high; standing very tall upward.

拱顶

gǒng dǐng — Vault; arch; curved ceiling or top of a structure.

之上

zhī shàng — Above; on top of; higher than something.

于是

yú shì — Thereupon; consequently; so then; as a result.

说道

shuō dào — Said; spoke; used to introduce direct speech.

师父

shī fu — Master; teacher; respected mentor or instructor.

这些

zhè xiē — These; referring to nearby plural items or things.

含有

hán yǒu — To contain; to hold within; to include inside.

艰深

jiān shēn — Abstruse; profound and difficult to understand fully.

之意

zhī yì — Meaning of; the significance or sense of something.

他

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

如

rú — As if; like; resembling a certain manner or state.

早有准备

zǎo yǒu zhǔn bèi — Already prepared; having readied oneself in advance.

般

bān — Like; as; in the manner of something described.

答道

dá dào — Replied; answered; responded to what was asked.

在此

zài cǐ — Here; at this place; at this point in time.

疑虑

yí lǜ — Doubt; misgiving; feeling of uncertainty or suspicion.

抛于

pāo yú — To cast at or behind; to throw away from oneself.

身后

shēn hòu — Behind oneself; at one's back; after one's death.

卑劣

bēi liè — Despicable; base; mean and morally contemptible.

恐惧

kǒng jù — Fear; dread; intense feeling of terror or fright.

须予

xū yǔ — Must be given; should be caused to happen.

熄灭

xī miè — To extinguish; to put out a fire or feeling.

我们

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

已

yǐ — Already; having done something before now.

来到

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

曾

céng — Once; previously; having done something before.

告知

gào zhī — To inform; to tell; to notify someone of something.

地方

dì fang — Place; location; area; a specific spot or region.

见到

jiàn dào — To see; to encounter; to meet or come across.

那些

nà xiē — Those; referring to plural distant items or people.

灵魂

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

他们

tā men — They; them; third-person plural pronoun for people.

注定

zhù dìng — Destined; fated; predetermined to happen inevitably.

受苦

shòu kǔ — To suffer; to endure pain, hardship, or misery.

已然

yǐ rán — Already; have already become so; literary form.

丧失

sàng shī — To lose; to forfeit; to be deprived of something.

理智

lǐ zhì — Reason; rationality; sound judgment and intellect.

之善

zhī shàn — The good of; goodness belonging to something.

当

dāng — Should; ought to; at the time of an event.

向

xiàng — Toward; facing; in the direction of something.

伸出

shēn chū — To extend; to stretch out a hand or limb.

手来

shǒu lái — Hand coming; to reach out one's hand toward.

面带

miàn dài — Wearing an expression; face showing an emotion.

和颜悦色

hé yán yuè sè — Gentle expression; kind and pleasant facial manner.

令

lìng — To cause; to make; to order or cause someone.

深感

shēn gǎn — To feel deeply; to be profoundly moved or affected.

宽慰

kuān wèi — Comforted; relieved; feeling reassured and consoled.

便

biàn — Then; thereupon; consequently after a condition.

引领

yǐn lǐng — To lead; to guide someone to a destination.

那

nà — That; referring to a distant thing or place.

幽秘

yōu mì — Dark and mysterious; hidden and secretive place.

之所

zhī suǒ — The place of; the location where something exists.

此处

cǐ chù — Here; this place; at this particular location.

叹息

tàn xī — To sigh; sighing; expression of grief or sorrow.

伴着

bàn zhe — Accompanied by; together with; alongside something.

哀嚎

āi háo — Wailing; howling in grief; crying out in anguish.

沉重

chén zhòng — Heavy; weighty; oppressive in feeling or burden.

呻吟

shēn yín — To moan; to groan; sound of pain or suffering.

无星

wú xīng — Starless; without stars; lacking any starlight.

之光

zhī guāng — Light of; illumination belonging to something.

穿透

chuān tòu — To penetrate; to pierce through a barrier or substance.

空气

kōng qì — Air; atmosphere; the gaseous medium around us.

中

zhōng — In; within; middle; inside a space or group.

回响

huí xiǎng — Echo; reverberation; sound bouncing back repeatedly.

入门

rù mén — Entering the gate; crossing the threshold inside.

之际

zhī jì — At the time of; at the moment when something occurs.

不禁

bù jīn — Cannot help but; unable to restrain oneself from.

落泪

luò lèi — To shed tears; to cry; tears falling from eyes.

各种

gè zhǒng — Various kinds; all sorts of; many different types.

语言

yǔ yán — Language; tongue; system of human communication.

可怖

kě bù — Terrifying; dreadful; inspiring great fear or horror.

言辞

yán cí — Words; expressions; the language used in speech.

悲苦

bēi kǔ — Sorrowful and bitter; grief-stricken and suffering.

呼号

hū háo — Crying out; calling aloud in distress or anguish.

愤怒

fèn nù — Anger; rage; strong feeling of indignation or fury.

腔调

qiāng diào — Tone; accent; manner or style of speaking.

深沉

shēn chén — Deep; profound; low and resonant in tone or feeling.

嘶哑

sī yǎ — Hoarse; raspy; harsh and rough voice quality.

声音

shēng yīn — Sound; voice; audible noise produced by something.

伴随着

bàn suí zhe — Accompanied by; occurring together with something.

击掌

jī zhǎng — Clapping hands; striking palms together loudly.

之声

zhī shēng — Sound of; the noise produced by something.

噪响

zào xiǎng — Loud noise; clamor; harsh and dissonant sound.

愈发

yù fā — Increasingly; more and more; growing ever stronger.

高涨

gāo zhǎng — To surge; to rise high; to swell and intensify.

汇成

huì chéng — To converge into; to combine forming a whole.

一片

yī piàn — A stretch of; a vast expanse of something.

喧嚣

xuān xiāo — Uproar; clamor; loud chaotic noise and commotion.

永远

yǒng yuǎn — Forever; always; for an eternal period of time.

旋转

xuán zhuǎn — To rotate; to spin; to revolve around a center.

翻腾

fān téng — To churn; to tumble; to surge and toss about.

被

bèi — By; passive marker indicating action done to subject.

浓重

nóng zhòng — Dense and heavy; thick in quality or intensity.

黑暗

hēi àn — Darkness; dark; absence of light or goodness.

所染

suǒ rǎn — Stained by; tainted or tinged by something dark.

恰似

qià sì — Just like; exactly as if; perfectly resembling something.

旋风

xuán fēng — Whirlwind; cyclone; fast-spinning wind vortex.

漫天飞扬

màn tiān fēi yáng — Flying and scattering across the entire sky wildly.

沙砾

shā lì — Sand and gravel; small particles of grit or stone.

仍

réng — Still; yet; continuing in a previous state.

迷惑

mí huò — Confused; bewildered; perplexed and disoriented.

所困

suǒ kùn — Trapped by; confined or troubled by something.

呼道

hū dào — Called out; cried; exclaimed aloud to someone.

啊

ā — Ah; oh; exclamation expressing emotion or surprise.

所

suǒ — That which; what; particle before a verb as object.

听闻

tīng wén — To hear; to learn of; sounds heard or news received.

是

shì — Is; are; to be; linking verb of identity.

何物

hé wù — What thing; what is this; what manner of object.

何等

hé děng — What kind; how; of what sort or degree.

人

rén — Person; people; human being or mankind.

似乎

sì hū — It seems; apparently; as if something is the case.

深陷

shēn xiàn — Deeply trapped; sunken into; mired deeply in something.