Vocabulary
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| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 臣妾 臣妾 | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler) | |
| 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 | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 御膳房 御膳房 | imperial kitchen | |
| 微臣 微臣 | this small official; humble servant | |
| 薄命 薄命 | to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky | |
| 丸子 丸子 | pills; balls; meatballs | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 宫女 宮女 | palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4] | |
| 袒护 袒護 | to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side | |
| 料子 料子 | material | |
| 温驯 溫馴 | docile; meek; harmless; moderate and obedient; tame | |
| 妃嫔 妃嬪 | imperial concubine | |
| 恩爱 恩愛 | loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love | |
| 清丽 清麗 | (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful | |
| 情爱 情愛 | affection; friendly feelings towards sb; love | |
| 六宫 六宮 | empress and imperial concubines or their residence | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 蹊跷 蹊蹺 | odd; queer; strange; fishy | |
| 宫人 宮人 | imperial concubine or palace maid; imperial secretary (old) | |
| 襁褓 襁褓 | swaddling clothes; fig. early stage of development; infancy | |
| 适才 適才 | just now (literary) | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 陪嫁 陪嫁 | dowry | |
| 素日 素日 | usually | |
| 顺道 順道 | on the way | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 得宠 得寵 | to be a favorite; favor | |
| 畜类 畜類 | domestic animal | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 行宫 行宮 | temporary imperial residence | |
| 冷清 冷清 | cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted | |
| 梧桐 梧桐 | wutong (Firmiana platanifolia); Chinese parasol tree | |
| 受尽 受盡 | to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of | |
| 恩宠 恩寵 | special favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite | |
| 可叹 可嘆 | lamentable; sad(ly) | |
| 奢靡 奢靡 | extravagant | |
| 荒废 荒廢 | to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study) | |
| 情事 情事 | circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair | |
| 浮云 浮雲 | floating clouds; fleeting; transient | |
| 惊惶 驚惶 | panic-stricken | |
| 葱郁 蔥鬱 | verdant; lush green and full of life | |
| 惊扰 驚擾 | to alarm; to agitate | |
| 金风玉露 金風玉露 | 金: gold; metals in general; money · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 玉: jade, precious stone, gem · 露: dew; bare, open, exposed | |
| 相逢 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across |