赋
fù
poetic essay
taxation; to bestow on; to endow with
shell-money (贝) + military force (武) = tax collected and gifts bestowed
Military power (武) was how rulers extracted tribute and distributed resources; 贝, the ancient shell-currency, grounds the character in material wealth flowing to and from the state. Together they capture the dual nature of 赋: compelled taxation and official bestowing.
大自然赋予我们每个人不同的才能。
dà zì rán fù yǔ wǒ men měi gè rén bù tóng de cái néng。
Nature endows each of us with different talents.
老师说汉赋是中国古代一种重要的文体。
lǎo shī shuō hàn fù shì zhōng guó gǔ dài yī zhǒng zhòng yào de wén tǐ。
The teacher said that the Han poetic essay is an important literary form in ancient China.
Words with 赋
禀赋
bǐng fù
natural endowment; gift; talent
哀江南赋
āi jiāng nán fù
Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
天赋
tiān fù
gift
天赋异禀
tiān fù yì bǐng
extraordinary talent
田赋
tián fù
land tax
秉赋
bǐng fù
variant of 稟賦|禀赋[bing3 fu4]
税赋
shuì fù
tax liability
蠲赋
juān fù
to remit levies
财赋
cái fù
government revenue
贡赋
gòng fù
tribute
赋与
fù yǔ
variant of 賦予|赋予[fu4 yu3]
赋予
fù yǔ
to assign