Vocabulary
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| 棺椁 棺槨 | inner and outer coffins; coffin | |
| 地宫 地宮 | underground palace (as part of imperial tomb) | |
| 独揽大权 獨攬大權 | 独: alone, single, solitary, only · 揽: grasp, take hold of; monopolize · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 权: power, right, authority | |
| 兴亡 興亡 | to flourish and decay; rise and fall | |
| 大雾 大霧 | thick fog | |
| 挖坑 挖坑 | to dig a hole; (fig.) to make things difficult for sb; (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project | |
| 毛孔 毛孔 | pore | |
| 决裂 決裂 | to rupture; to burst open; to break; to break off relations with; a rupture | |
| 牢不可破 牢不可破 | 牢: prison; stable, pen; secure · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 可: may, can, -able; possibly · 破: break, ruin, destroy; rout | |
| 王储 王儲 | crown prince | |
| 寻摸 尋摸 | to look for; to explore; to probe | |
| 彷徨 彷徨 | to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver | |
| 冤冤相报何时了 冤冤相報何時了 | if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying) | |
| 赋诗 賦詩 | to versify; to compose poetry | |
| 躯壳 軀殼 | the body (as opposed to the soul) | |
| 掀翻 掀翻 | to turn sth over; to overturn | |
| 扳回 扳回 | to pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc); to recover from (an adverse situation); to turn the tables | |
| 亵渎 褻瀆 | (literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane | |
| 麻将牌 麻將牌 | mahjong tile | |
| 蒙羞 蒙羞 | to be shamed; to be humiliated | |
| 战利品 戰利品 | spoils of war | |
| 孺子可教 孺子可教 | 孺: child; blood relation; affection · 子: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch · 可: may, can, -able; possibly · 教: teach, class | |
| 狰狞 猙獰 | malevolent; fierce; sinister | |
| 魔掌 魔掌 | the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc) | |
| 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 | variant of; imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers); in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill | |
| 毒液 毒液 | venom; poisonous fluid | |
| 煮蛋 煮蛋 | boiled egg | |
| 贱卖 賤賣 | to sell cheaply; sacrifice; low price; discount sale | |
| 故作 故作 | to pretend; to feign | |
| 峥嵘 崢嶸 | towering; lofty and steep (mountains); extraordinary; outstanding | |
| 尽地主之谊 盡地主之誼 | to act as host; to do the honors | |
| 俯身 俯身 | to lean over; to bend over; to stoop; to bow | |
| 盛事 盛事 | grand occasion | |
| 三十六计 三十六計 | The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction; all the possible schemes and stratagems | |
| 转瞬即逝 轉瞬即逝 | (idiom) fleeting; transitory | |
| 烟波 煙波 | mist covered water | |
| 歧路 歧路 | divergent path; (fig.) wrong path | |
| 瑕疵 瑕疵 | blemish; flaw; defect | |
| 水珠 水珠 | droplet; dewdrop | |
| 尊崇 尊崇 | to revere; to admire; to honor; to venerate | |
| 险阻 險阻 | dangerous and difficult (path) | |
| 竖起 豎起 | to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) | |
| 识文断字 識文斷字 | (idiom) able to read; literate | |
| 倒悬 倒懸 | lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits | |
| 被服 被服 | bedding and clothing | |
| 戳破 戳破 | to puncture; to pierce; (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality) | |
| 亲如一家 親如一家 | family-like close relationship (idiom) | |
| 伤痕累累 傷痕累累 | cuts and bruises all over the body | |
| 水纹 水紋 | ripples | |
| 抑或 抑或 | or; could it be that...? |