Vocabulary
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| 僧多粥少 僧多粥少 | lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds supply | Idiom |
| 蒸蒸日上 蒸蒸日上 | becoming more prosperous with each passing day | Idiom |
| 锦上添花 錦上添花 | lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom); fig. to give sth additional splendor; to provide the crowning touch; (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off | Idiom |
| 言听计从 言聽計從 | to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word | Idiom |
| 出谋划策 出謀劃策 | to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom) | Idiom |
| 蒙在鼓里 矇在鼓裡 | variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3] | Idiom |
| 人之常情 人之常情 | human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural | Idiom |
| 自愧不如 自愧不如 | ashamed of being inferior (idiom); to feel inferior to others | Idiom |
| 招蜂引蝶 招蜂引蝶 | lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom); fig. to flirt | Idiom |
| 千丝万缕 千絲萬縷 | linked in countless ways | Idiom |
| 晨昏定省 晨昏定省 | morning and evening visits to parents; cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] | Idiom |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 妃嫔 妃嬪 | imperial concubine | |
| 息怒 息怒 | to calm down; to quell one's anger | |
| 从长计议 從長計議 | (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length | |
| 雷声 雷聲 | thunder | |
| 进宫 進宮 | to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail | |
| 公主抱 公主抱 | to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold | |
| 奶娘 奶孃 | (dialect) wet nurse | |
| 新宠 新寵 | current favorite; the latest thing; darling (of the market or the media etc) | |
| 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple | |
| 歌喉 歌喉 | singing voice | |
| 招摇 招搖 | to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off | |
| 礼义廉耻 禮義廉恥 | sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2]) | |
| 恕罪 恕罪 | please forgive me | |
| 清爽 清爽 | fresh and cool; relaxed | |
| 利落 利落 | agile; nimble; all settled; in order | |
| 分内之事 分內之事 | 分: divide; small unit of time etc. · 内: inside · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 事: affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident | |
| 嫔妃 嬪妃 | imperial concubine | |
| 赏赐 賞賜 | to bestow a reward; a reward | |
| 乖觉 乖覺 | perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 筹谋 籌謀 | to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for | |
| 费尽心思 費盡心思 | to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through | |
| 薄情 薄情 | inconstant in love; fickle | |
| 感恩戴德 感恩戴德 | deeply grateful | |
| 挑三拣四 挑三揀四 | to be picky; to be choosy | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] | |
| 安枕 安枕 | to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries | |
| 生母 生母 | natural mother; birth mother | |
| 惊扰 驚擾 | to alarm; to agitate | |
| 乳母 乳母 | wet nurse | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 顾全 顧全 | to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards | |
| 延年 延年 | to prolong life | |
| 镇得住 鎮得住 | to manage to suppress; to keep under control |