楚辭

楚辞
Chǔcí
Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚 Chǔ, collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝 Hàncháo

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Entry Composition

1 楚 Chǔ
  1. surname Chu
  2. abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 Húběi Shěng and Hunan 湖南省 Húnán Shěng provinces together
  3. Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
2 辭 cí
  1. to resign
  2. to dismiss
  3. to decline
  4. (literary) to take leave
  5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
  6. variant of 詞 cí