Vocabulary
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| 承平 承平 | (successive periods of) peace and prosperity; peaceful | |
| 深明大义 深明大義 | to have a high notion of one's duty; to be highly principled | |
| 凌迟 凌遲 | the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) | |
| 嗜 嗜 | be fond of, have weakness for | |
| 幺 么 | one; tiny, small | |
| 叛变 叛變 | to defect; to betray; to mutiny | |
| 入定 入定 | (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state | |
| 五劳七伤 五勞七傷 | (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), w | |
| 相恋 相戀 | to love each other | |
| 神力 神力 | occult force; the power of a God or spirit | |
| 行色匆匆 行色匆匆 | hurried; in a haste | |
| 女将 女將 | female general; (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise | |
| 剜 剜 | cut, cut out, pick out, scoop out | |
| 休战 休戰 | armistice | |
| 衾 衾 | coverlet, quilt | |
| 尾随 尾隨 | to tail behind; to tag along; to follow on the heels of | |
| 至交 至交 | best friend | |
| 男神 男神 | Mr Perfect; Adonis; Prince Charming | |
| 猎物 獵物 | prey; quarry | |
| 征兆 徵兆 | omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign | |
| 移除 移除 | to remove | |
| 攻占 攻佔 | to seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm; to gain (awards, control of a market etc) | |
| 孵 孵 | sit on eggs, hatch | |
| 薨 薨 | death of prince; swarming | |
| 甲子 甲子 | first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems and one of the 12 earthly branches); the sixty-year cycle | |
| 夤 夤 | distant place; remote; deep | |
| 嗓门 嗓門 | voice; windpipe | |
| 谷物 穀物 | cereal; grain | |
| 答非所问 答非所問 | (idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively | |
| 流毒 流毒 | to spread poison; pernicious influence | |
| 畦 畦 | sections in vegetable farm | |
| 追根溯源 追根溯源 | to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth | |
| 下逐客令 下逐客令 | to ask sb to leave; to show sb the door; to give a tenant notice to leave | |
| 昴 昴 | one of the 28 constellations | |
| 面目可憎 面目可憎 | repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance | |
| 群英会 群英會 | distinguished gathering; a meeting of heroes | |
| 寿桃 壽桃 | (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu; fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift | |
| 小鼠 小鼠 | mouse | |
| 狺 狺 | the snarling of dogs | |
| 蒌 蔞 | artemisia stelleriana | |
| 泗 泗 | mucous; nasal flow; sniffle; river in Shandong | |
| 令名 令名 | good name; reputation | |
| 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
| 红尘 紅塵 | the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 蟒 蟒 | python, boa constrictor | |
| 库房 庫房 | storeroom; warehouse | |
| 轿 轎 | sedan-chair, palanquin | |
| 自立门户 自立門戶 | to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself | |
| 翅 翄 | wings; fin |