The Republic — Page 1

Vocabulary

理想国

lǐ xiǎng guó — Ideal state; Plato's philosophical work 'The Republic'

作者

zuò zhě — Author; the person who wrote a work

柏拉图

Bó lā tú — Plato; ancient Greek philosopher

译者

yì zhě — Translator; person who translates a work

注

zhù — Note; annotation or explanatory comment

另见

lìng jiàn — See also; refer to another entry or source

所著

suǒ zhù — Written by; works authored by someone

译

yì — Translate; render text into another language

电子书

diàn zǐ shū — E-book; digital electronic book format

编号

biān hào — Serial number; assigned identification number

第

dì — Ordinal prefix indicating order or sequence

号

hào — Number; identifier used in a series

目录

mù lù — Table of contents; catalog or index

导言

dǎo yán — Introduction; opening remarks of a text

与

yǔ — And; together with; linking two items

分析

fēn xī — Analysis; breaking down to examine in detail

对话

duì huà — Dialogue; conversation between two or more people

人物

rén wù — Characters; notable persons in a work

第一卷

dì yī juàn — Volume one; first volume of a work

第二卷

dì èr juàn — Volume two; second volume of a work

第三卷

dì sān juàn — Volume three; third volume of a work

第四卷

dì sì juàn — Volume four; fourth volume of a work

第五卷

dì wǔ juàn — Volume five; fifth volume of a work

第六卷

dì liù juàn — Volume six; sixth volume of a work

第七卷

dì qī juàn — Volume seven; seventh volume of a work

第八卷

dì bā juàn — Volume eight; eighth volume of a work

第九卷

dì jiǔ juàn — Volume nine; ninth volume of a work

第十卷

dì shí juàn — Volume ten; tenth volume of a work