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Supplementary Exercise Vocabulary

祠 cí (N) a sacrifice; (V) to sacrifice

祠者 cízhĕ: (N) (perhaps) a high ritual officer in the state of Chǔ,
(perhaps) a nobleman who has just performed a ritual sacrifice

祭 jì (N) a sacrifice; (V) to sacrifice (the note supplies this as a one
word gloss for the less frequently encountered cí 祠)

舍 shè (N) a house, a guest house, a dormitory for retainers; (V) to lodge

巵 zhi (N) a goblet

酒 jǐu (N) wine

數 shù (Adnoun) a number of, several

飲 yǐn (V) to drink

餘 yú (N) a leftover amount; (Adj/SV) leftover

蛇 shé (N) a snake

成 chéng (V) to complete, to make, to accomplish

引 yǐn *(V) to draw towards one

且 qǐe *(Adv) to be about to (equivalent in this sense to jiang 將)

持 chí (V) to grasp

足 zú *(N) a foot

奪 dúo (V) to grab, to wrest, to seize

固 gù (Adv) inherently, from the beginning, definitely, certainly

亡 wáng (V) to die, to disappear (here, to make disappear: to lose)